Boy Scouts Decision Could Affect Local Troops

BILLINGS - The Boy Scouts of America are making a decision that will potentially affect troops on the local level in Montana across the nation.

Next week, the National Board of Boy Scouts will vote on whether to lift its sexual orientation policy. Organizations that support local troops can then decide if they'd like to get rid of the ban on openly gay children joining boy scouts. According to Gordon Rubard, Scout Executive of the Montana Council of the Boy Scouts of America in Montana, there are 450 scouting units that could be affected by the national decision.

"This is a very emotional issue for many people and there's passion on both sides of the issue and since the news of the proposed decision has come out, there's been a lot of feedback from a lot of our members on both sides of this issue," says Rubard.

Around 60% of scouting units in Montana are sponsored by religious organizations. The other 40% are by non-religious or civil organizations.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50646630/ns/local_news-billings_mt/

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