Obama Backs Boy Scouts Ending Ban on Gays

Board to consider the ban today

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) — The Boy Scouts of America should end its ban on gays, President Barack Obama said as the Scouts' board was to mull lifting the ban at a meeting to begin Monday.

"Yes," Obama said in a one-word answer when asked by CBS News in a Super Bowl pregame interview if the Boy Scouts should be open to gay members and leaders.