Already diaried while I was at a Scout meeting, but more background here.
As widely expected, the Boy Scouts of America National Executive Board removed the national ban on gay Scout leaders. The Executive Committee had unanimously recommended this change in policy to National President Robert Gates two weeks ago, and President Gates had advocated this change in a speech to the National Meeting several months ago. As part of this policy, local districts, councils and Scout camps may not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, and those individuals who had been kicked out of Scouting in the past solely on the basis of orientation can apply to be reinstated. Individual chartering organizations, generally churches, can continue to discriminate based on their own internal policies and practices.
More below the orange fleur de lis.