seeking to outvote the republicans next fall. that s why my vote is going to scott walker. dear scott walker, it s me melissa. just dropping a little note to say we see you. i m not talking about the fact we saw you on monday when you went to wisconsin and talked about your candidacy. we see and hear your particular form of outrageousness despite all the fury surrounding your opponent, mr. trump. we saw you when you made your first post-campaign-announcing trip not to iowa but to las vegas where your campaigner resides. we heard your unanimous choice of the boy scout committee to drop the ban on openly gay scout leaders. your reason?
personal protection. i m talking about, for me the reason why i didn t have a problem with it is i think it pulled scouting into a whole larger political and cultural debate as opposed to saying scouting is about camping and citizenship and merit badge and service awards instead of pulling all these other issues out there. and i just hope we stay focused. that s all. so, but should there be a ban on allowing gay men to be scout leaders? that s up to the people who run the boy scouts. one thing that people find unique, i guess, whether you like it or not, is i actually answer questions. people ask me a question, i ll answer a question you re not really answering this one. i said this is what i thought. i thought the policy was just fine. when i was in scouts it was fine. you re asking what should the policy be going forward? it should be left up to the leaders of the skous. do you think that being gay is a choice? oh, i mean i think that s not even an issue for me to be
that s the value of performance. northrop grumman. two major developments in if fight for equality. defense secretary ash carter ordered a six-month study that will look at formally ending the ban of transgender service members in the military. and boy scouts of america adopted a resolution allowing gay adults to serve as scout leaders. the full board will vote on the measure coming up in two weeks. joining me now is allison robertson, former army captain, trans gender and josh is executive director for scouts for equality. allison, let me start with you. it s estimated as many as 15,000
leaving a hotel. authorities say they narrowly missed capturing wint earlier in brooklyn. he is suspected of killing his former employer his wife their young son and the family housekeeper. isis making dramatic gains taking over the last syria-iraq border crossing that had been controlled by syrian troops. the terror group also tightening its grip on the ancient syrian town of palmyra seizing more territory around that city including a military station after syrian government forces fled the area. an alabama federal judge once again striking down the state s ban on same-sex marriage. the judge however has put the ruling on hold until the supreme court decides the issue this summer. u.s. district judge said thursday that alabama s gay marriage ban is illegal. the latest ruling came in a class action lawsuit by same-sex couples. and former defense secretary robert gates now president of the boy scouts of america says the ban on gay scout leaders is unsustainable and needs to end. g
pleasure. thanks for being with me. turning to developing news, it could lead to major changes at the boy scouts organization. the scout s president and former secretary of state robert gates is calling for an ended to the policy banning gay people from being scout leaders. he made the statement yesterday. here s pete williams with more. the battle the boy scouts face after a bruising battle two years ago led to ending the ban on admitting gay young people to the scouts robert gates, the former defense secretary who s president of the boy scouts, says the organization must now accept that public attitudes are changing even more quickly. he says the current policy that still bans gay doubt leaders won t survive. we must deal with the world as it is not as we might wish it would be. the status quo in our movement s membership standards cannot be sustained sustained. the greater new york council is already defying the ban, last month hiring pascal tessier, an