. >> manuel borojes has the controversial vote. >>> scout leaders attempting to list the ban outside the council meeting. >> the protest was organized by john stemberger. >> it will devastate the boy scouts. >> two hundred to four thousand young people will leave the program if they make this change. >> 1,400 boy scout leaders voted by secret ballot. >> the votes members of the national counsel today approved a resolution removing the restriction denying membership to youth on a basis of sexual orientation alone. >> although surveys found the majority of leaders and parents support the ban, most current scouts do not. >> why would you go after people who aren't even doing anything to harm you, who aren't doing anything young wrong. >> his troop did not remove him despite the national ban. >> this 103-year-old organization. they've had those rules in place. why should they change. >> simply because you've been teaching something for a long amount of time doesn't mean it's right. >> when they make a decision that puts the interest of a group of activists over the safety and the securit