 At the Scouts annual meeting in April 2012 , a leader from the Northeast presented a resolution that " would allow individual units to accept gays as adult leaders " . However , in July 2012 , at the culmination of a review started in 2010 , an 11 @-@ person committee convened by the BSA reached a " unanimous consensus " recommending retaining the current policy . Intel , UPS , and Merck cut financial ties with the BSA over the policy decision . Within the BSA National Executive Board , members James Turley , CEO of Ernst & Young , and Randall Stephenson , CEO of AT & T and who was then " on track to become president of the Scout 's national board in 2014 " and later was , publicly opposed the policy and stated their intention " to work from within the BSA Board to actively encourage dialogue and sustainable progress " in changing the policy . On January 28 , 2013 , the BSA announced they were considering rescinding the ban on homosexuals , allowing chartered organizations to determine local policy . 
