. >> the vote came as a huge win for wendel baker and his son. >> it makes scouting safer for the youth and boys they can say who they are. they don't have to worry about getting kicked out. >> the bakers supported the resolution since fall when the openly gay scout was rejected in a bid to become an eagle scout. 15-year-old matias thinks the decision is good for all scouts. >> one value is kindness, being fair. and to everybody. and now, we can do that. effectively. >> we quit the boy scouts. >> this parent says the inclusion means her family sout. >> we don't feel that that program would be the right one for our family anymore. our troop voted and we'll be all pulling out. >> i didn't sign up to be a sex counselor. >> scout master bruce macintosh says he will bow out if the organization becomes something different interest what it's been and insist that's it has nothing to do with homophobia. >> scouting is a program for children. we're focusing attention on the sexual orientation and sexual preferences of children. >> macintosh is deciding whether he will pull out. others decided the

. >> reporter: we were with scout master of the troop, wendel baker, when he heard the news he believed it was the start of a change. >> there seems to be new openness, last year when they reaffirmed this, it was a secret committee and announcement. >> reporter: his 15-year-old son, a boy scout, says he was ready to quit when his neighbor, ryan was kicked out for being gay. >> we didn't think it was fair, even pierce didn't think it was fair. >> reporter: most scouts start young at cub scout level, but the numbers are smaller, in 2011, the numbers had dropped by more than 25% to more than half a million. the boy scouts leader says it is because of a 2000 supreme court decision, reaffirming their right to ban the scout leaders. >> a lot of people left scouting because the boy scouts took this policy. >> reporter: a policy that they say is teaching boy scouts all the wrong things. >> if my boys were to go take a job, and use the leadership principles that boy scouts are teaching today about discrimination, they would be fired in california. our laws don't allow you to discriminate that wa