You obviously follow the politics of the issue more than you know the on the ground reality.  I have a gay eagle scout and I'm proud of him.

The news and the politics of juggling groups of supporters may have made it a difficult issue at a high level, but in the troops, you find that people are people and we all want the kids to succeed. It took a while for the upper levels and old guys of the institution to get it, but they eventually did.