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DANSTEINBERG—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE In this file photo, singer Whitney Houston, le , and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown arrived at an event in Beverly Hills. ByRussBynum The Associated Press In the months since Bobbi Kristina Brown was found face-down in a bath- tub at her townhome in suburban Atlanta until her death in hospice care Sun- day, time has been work- ing against forensic pa- thologists and police inves- tigators now tasked with solving how and why she died. Any drugs the 22-year- old daughter of Whitney Houston might have taken passed from her blood- stream long ago. Physical injuries would have been healing even as Brown re- mained largely unrespon- sive. If police overlooked any physical evidence at Brown's home after she was hospitalized Jan. 31, recov- ering it nearly six months later may be impossible. The Fulton County Med- ical Examiner's Office is- sued a statement Monday saying it will perform an autopsy but cautioned that the passage of time may "complicate reconstruction of events surrounding her initial unresponsiveness." The agency didn't give a time frame for completing the autopsy but said any new lab tests required could take several weeks. Dr. Michael Baden, for- mer medical examiner for New York City, has per- formed more than 20,000 autopsies during a career spanning more than 45 years. He said the first ob- stacle for forensic patholo- gists in Brown's case will be a living body's ability to mend itself and erase med- ical evidence. "Normally, when we do autopsies, we do them in people who freshly died. Things like toxicology and injuries are clear," said Baden, who helped inves- tigate high-profile cases in- cluding the deaths of co- median John Belushi and civil rights worker Medgar Evers. "Because she was in the hospital for a long time, any drugs that may have been in the body will be gone after a few days. In- juries, if there were any in- juries, would be changed by the length of time, the heal- ing process." Ex pe rt s: T im e an e ne my in solving Brown's death AUTOPSY By David Crary The Associated Press NEW YORK The Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allow- ing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclu- sion for religious reasons. The new policy, aimed at easing a controversy that has embroiled the Boy Scouts for years, takes ef- fect immediately. It was ap- proved by the BSA's National Executive Board on a 45-12 vote during a closed-to-the- media teleconference. "For far too long this issue has divided and distracted us," said the BSA's presi- dent, former Defense Sec- retary Robert Gates. "Now it's time to unite behind our shared belief in the extraor- dinary power of Scouting to be a force for good." The stage had been set for Monday's action on May 21, when Gates told the Scouts' national meet- ing that the long-standing ban on participation by openly gay adults was no longer sustainable. He said the ban was likely to be the target of lawsuits that the Scouts likely would lose. Two weeks ago, the new policy was approved unani- mously by the BSA's 17-mem- ber National Executive Com- mittee. It would allow local Scout units to select adult leaders without regard to sexual orientation — a stance that several Scout councils have already ad- opted in defiance of the of- ficial national policy. In 2013, after heated in- ternal debate, the BSA de- cided to allow openly gay youth as scouts, but not gay adults as leaders. Sev- eral denominations that collectively sponsor close to half of all Scout units — including the Roman Catholic church, the Mor- mon church and the South- ern Baptist Convention — have been apprehensive about ending the ban on gay adults. The BSA's top leaders have pledged to defend the right of any church-spon- sored units to continue ex- cluding gays as adult vol- unteers. But that assurance has not satisfied some con- servative church leaders. "It's hard for me to be- lieve, in the long term, that the Boy Scouts will allow religious groups to have the freedom to choose their own leaders," said the Rev. Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Con- vention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. Under the new policy: • Prospective employees of the national organiza- tion could no longer be de- nied a staff position on the basis of sexual orientation. • Gay leaders who were previously removed from Scouting because of the ban would have the oppor- tunity to reapply for volun- teer positions. • If otherwise qualified, a gay adult would be eligi- ble to serve as a Scoutmas- ter or unit leader. Gates, who became the BSA's president in May 2014, said at the time that he personally would have favored ending the ban on gay adults, but he opposed any further debate after the Scouts' policymaking body upheld the ban. In May, however, he said that recent events "have confronted us with urgent challenges I did not foresee and which we cannot ignore." POLICY SHIFT Boy Scout board ends ban on gay adults RICK BOWMER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE A Boy Scout wears his kerchief embroidered with a rainbow knot during Salt Lake City's annual gay pride parade. FacebookPage 4,112 fans. .. and growing, every week! Daily News Facebook fans receive special posts of breaking news, sports, weather and road closures, clicking right to full stories and photos published on redbluffdailynews.com ... 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