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NURSES WHO STAYED WITH HER AS
THE HOSPITAL WAS RIPPED APART
AROUND THEM.
"NIGHTLY NEWS" BEGINS NOW.
>>> GOOD EVENING I'M ANN CURRY
IN FOR BRIAN.
THERE WAS A MAJOR TURNING POINT
LATE DANE AN AMERICAN
INSTITUTION THAT'S BEEN AROUND
FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS.
AND A PART OF THE LIVES OF 100
MILLION AMERICAN CHILDREN.
AFTER MONTHS OF CONSIDERATION,
DURING THE PASSIONATE DEBATE
TONIGHT THE BOY SCOUTS OF
AMERICA HAS VOTED TO ALLOW
OPENLY GAY MEMBERS.
PETE WILLIAMS BROKE THE NEWS
BACK IN JANUARY THAT THE
SECURITIES WERE CONSIDERING THIS
CHANGE AND STARTS US OFF WITH
LATE DEVELOPMENTS.
PETE, GOOD EVENING.
>> Reporter: GOOD EVENING.
THIS IS A BIG CHANGE FOR AN
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS FOUGHT FOR
DECADES TO PRESERVE THE STRICT
BAN ON ADMITTING GAY SCOUTS AND
SCOUTING OFFICIALS SAY TONIGHT
IT PASSED WITH 60% OF EE VOTE
OF ITS NATIONAL COUNCIL.
THIS MEANS THE LONG STANDING
POLICY WILL BE LIFTED THAT HAD
BANNED GAY SCOUT BUT REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR BANNING GAY SCOUT
LEADERS.
THE VOTE ENDS A WRENCHING
PROCESS THAT STARTED FOUR MONTHS
AGO WHEN BOY SCOUT LEADERS
REVEALED THEY WERE CONSIDERING A
CHANGE.
>> THIS ISSUE IS A DEFINING
ISSUE IN OUR COUNTRY AND OUR
STATE AND OUR SOCIETY.
>> Reporter: THE DECISION CAME
TODAY AT THIS CONFERENCE CENTER
NEAR DALLAS A MEETING OF
SCOUTING'S 1400 MEMBER NATIONAL
COUNCIL.
AFTER THE BOY SCOUTS PROPOSE IN
JANUARY TO LET LOCAL TROOPS
DECIDE THE ISSUE FOR THEMSELVES
GENERATING A STORM OF PETITION
FROM SOME PARENTS WHO THOUGHT
WENT TOO FAR AND OTHERS 0 WHO
THOUGHT IT DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH.
TODAY THEY VOTED TO END THE BAN
ON GAY SCOUTS.
CHURCH GROUPS REPRESENT 70% OF
ALL SCOUTING UNITS.
MANY FOUGHT TO KEEP THE BAN.
>> NOT TURNING IT INTO A ***
AGENDA ITEM OF A SPECIAL
INTEREST ORGANIZATION.
>> Reporter: THE MORMON CHURCH
SPONSORS ONE QUARTER OF THE
SCOUT UG KNITS SAID THEY
WOULDN'T OPPOSE ADMISSION OF GAY
SCOUTS.
OTHER CHURCHES SUPPORTED THE
CHANGE.
>> IT'S ABOUT LIFE SKILLS AND
BUILDING CHARACTER AND IT'S NOT
ABOUT *** ORIENTATION.
IT NEVER HAS BEEN.
>> Reporter: A SURVEY CONDUCTED
FOR THE BOY SCOUTS FOUND 48% OF
BOYS OF CURRENT SCOUTS SUPPORT
THE BAN DOWN FROM 57% THREE
YEARS AGO.
A MAJORITY OF BOY SCOUTS
THEMSELVES 67% OPPOSE THE BAN ON
ADMITTING GAY SCOUTS, 42%
OPPOSING IT STRONGLY.
CHUCK AND RHONDA OF DENVER ARE
AMONG PARENTS IN FAVOR OF A
CHANGE.
THEY HAVE TWO SONS IN THE CUB
SCOUTS.
>> WE LOOK AT THIS ISSUE 50
YEARS IN THE FUTURE.
IT WILL BE LIKE CIVIL RIGHTS.
>> Reporter: THE SCOUTS SAY THE
NEW POLICY TAKE EFFECT OF
JANUARY 1, 2014.
IT WILL GIVE LOCAL UNITS TIME TO
ADJUST.
AS FOR CONSIDERING A CHANGE IN