Amendment. boy scouts of america will revisit their membership policy when the national council meets next month. finally what was intended as an act of gratitude turned in a pr nightmare for the mali government. the camel that was begin to the francis president was eaten. it was presented in negotiation of france s help. but a dimbuktu family decided to cook it instead. mali authorities apologize replaced it with a bigger and better looking camel. now to a different kind of culture class. social issues becoming political issues once again. james rosen on when that means the election cycle. i pronounce you married. same-sex marriage .
Having to go home and tell cruz that we have to wait a little longer. reporter: after last month s announcement that scouts were close to dropping the ban, there was an outpouring of feedback, like that from governor rick perry, an eagle scout opposed to the change. scouting is about teaching a substantial amount of life lessons, sexuality is not one of them. reporter: in a statement, the scouts say they concluded that due to the complexity of this issue, the organization needs time for a more deliberate review of its membership policy. when it comes to the future of an organization more than a century old, division persists. a new poll out shows a narrow majority of americans want the scouts to end its ban on openly gay members. and while 61% of women want to see that ban lifted, fewer than half of men agree. now time will tell. will the ban on gays end? tyrrell says she ll keep fighting. i will never stop fighting for what i know is right, and i ll never stop fighting for a b
Needs time for a more deliberate review of its membership policy. only 33% believe the ban should stay. joining me now, zach walls and daniel hernandez, the former intern who helped save gabby giffords life and author of the new memoir they call me a hero. zach walls, are you in a broadway play or something? absolutely not. i m getting the feeling you know something about this scouts thing. that s right. i m an eagle scout. an eagle scout is like what? it s like a general or something? it s the highest youth award can you get in the scouts. this is absolutely something what we were a little
why so? well, my attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same way everybody else does in every institution and walk of life. in the spotlight tonight scouts dishonor. the boy scouts of america decided to hold on on a vote on whether to change its policies and allows gays to join it s troop. they said due to the complexity of this issue, the organization needs time for a more deliberate review of its membership policy. only 33% believe the ban should stay. joining me now, zach walls and daniel hernandez, the former intern who helped save gabby giffords life and author of the new memoir they call me a
To do what s right and come down and decide this policy does not work for gay youth. they want more deliberate review of the membership policy. what do you believe that means? this sounds like the don t ask don t tell policy in the military in the 90s. it took them 15, 16 years to overturn that policy. there is a tremendous amount of damage done during that time. the don t ask don t tell policy was dropped and it s a nonissue. once they stop being so fearful, they will realize this policy is only hurting them. i want to read what the southern baptist convention had to say. what they said to us and other religious leaders is they are doing this under pressure. we are going to give people what basically amounts to local option. you can t have a local option of a core conviction. back to the question regarding this statement saying that they have decided to listen to comments from those outside the