The Associated Press reported, “that the organization’s longstanding ban on participation by openly gay adults is no longer sustainable, and called for change in order to avert potentially destructive legal battles.” This position is not a surprise to those who know Gates. Unfortunately his message this month to the Scouts’ national annual meeting in Atlanta Georgia set the BSA on fire. His honors in the scouting program are just as impressive. Perhaps there has never been a more high profile national president. Gates, past CIA director and national defense secretary, as its national president. A year ago the Boy Scouts of America elected Robert M.
