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That they will lose $18 million worth of support in the short-term after this is impacting their group, after it goes into effect january 1st. and there are some in the central region who also believe that now that this ban has been lifted, that the organization will struggle as it relates to membership, and finances. but one thing that was considered on both sides of this oar gu argument, if it would be upheld or lifted, that there would be in the short-term a loss of membership. this is a very passionate issue. and they say that with the policy, it will only change january 1st, as you point out, allowing the boy scouts of america that transition time needed to communicate and implement this policy with approximately 116 scouting units. thank you. we go live to the hometown of a prish soldier butchered in a london street. we now know his name as well as ....
Going to come out, andrea. but we will know in a couple of hours, members are voting now of the national council, 1400-member strong. this is not the same proposal that the scouts first floated in january. back then they signaled that after decades of fighting to preserve their ban on gay scouts and scout leaders, they were willing to accept a change in which local scout units could decide the issue for themselves. well that didn t go over very well. because people who wanted to keep the ban thought it was a bad idea. and people who wanted to get rid of the ban thought it was a bad, too, to allow local units to din their words, to continue to discriminate so what the members are voting on now is i guess you could call it a compromise. if it passes, it would end the ban on admitting gay scouts, but would keep the ban on gay scout leaders. now there s been a mix of the kind of groups that support both sides here. 70% of scouting units across the country are sponsored by churches. and man ....
Scouting units to decide for themselves. we do not know when the decision will come. the boy scouts have not told us. but we are on top of it, martha. martha: it will be interesting when they do make that decision. casey stegall. gregg: the problems that could bankrupt a major city that the super bowl will not erase. martha: the postal service made a major announcement about your mail service that you need to know. [ ] ....
Now, you may recall that what the boy scouts were considering here was a change in their policy that would lift the national ban on permitting troops to allow in gay scouts or scout leaders, and leave it up to local organizations to decide that for themselves so that some could permit gay members and scouts and some would not. but now even that position is being put on hold. so, you know, there s been an outpouring of views on both sides, i think it s fair to say. a lot of support from people who thought this was the right move, but a great deal of pushback as well from people who thought this was the wrong move, including churches, which are an important part of scouting s sponsorship. local scouting units well over half of them, maybe as many as 70%, are sponsored by churches. they themselves have not been unanimous on this, but clearly there s been a huge pushback, and so the scouts are putting this off until a vote of their national council in may of this ....
Scouting and to have popular culture impact 100 years of their standards is inappropriate. but this isn t about a fad or popular culture. scouting membership has dropped 21% since the supreme court upheld the gay ban in 2000. adult membership is down 14%. and there are almost 13% fewer scouting units nationwide. boy scout sponsors know we re a center-left nation. people like santorum and perry pretty much by the numbers are out of step. let s turn to michael rogers, gay activist and managing director of rawstory.com. mike, good to have you with us tonight. thanks, ed. good evening. the president weighing in on this, does this change anything? well, i think as we saw across the country when the president put out his opinion on marriage that people pay attention. he is able to use the bully pulpit to help educate americans. i ve already heard from people ....