"Robert Mazzuca, chief Scout executive of the Boy Scouts of America, speaks to a gathering of Boy Scouts during 2011 ceremonies at New Jersey's Boy Scouts Camporee in Sea Girt, N.J. After a confidential two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday emphatically reaffirmed its policy of excluding gays, ruling out any changes despite relentless protest campaigns by some critics. ""The vast majority of the parents of youth we serve value their right to address issues of same-sex orientation within their family, with spiritual advisers and at the appropriate time and in the right setting,"" Mazzuca said. (ASSOCIATED PRESS / Mel Evans)"