Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is clarifying recent comments he made about his support for a ban on gay Boy Scout leaders when he said that it "protected children."
The presidential hopeful said Wednesday during a short press conference while in South Carolina that he didn't mean that the ban provided "physical protection," but protected the children from the media circus surrounding the ban,
The New York Times is reporting.
"The protection was not a physical protection," Walker said, but a protection for the children "from being involved in the very thing you're talking about right now, the political and media discussion about it, instead of just focusing on what Scouts is about, which is about camping and citizenship and things of that nature."
Walker told the Independent Journal Review on Tuesday that that he has "a lifelong commitment to the Scouts and supports the previous membership policy because it protected children and advanced Scout values."
The Boy Scouts announced on Monday that it was
changing its policy to allow gay Scout leaders.
© 2026 Newsmax. All rights reserved.