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<p>People&#8217;s conflicting perspectives are making their way into an unlikely arena.</p><p>Now the Greater Scranton YMCA is cracking down on politics at the gym.</p><p>&#8220;There&#8217;s been some boisterous conversations going on around politics probably over the last six months or so,&#8221; explained Trish Fisher, YMCA CEO. &#8220;So the board decided to put a policy in place.&#8221;</p><p>They&#8217;re working to make sure members are working out in a welcoming environment by removing 24-hour cable TV stations from their screens, like CNN, MSNBC or FOX News.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve never really encouraged the more political stations to be on anyway becasue of the converations that go on around it,&#8221; said Fisher.</p><p>Gyms across the country considered implementing a similar policy during the election.</p><p>While there were no reports of physical fights at the local facility, Fisher says there was a close call.</p><p>&#8220;That was broken up by another member before it escalated to that point. We just figured we&#8217;d be proactive about this,&#8221; said Fisher.</p><p>The postings went up February 28. Since then, Fisher has gotten overwhelmingly positive reaction.</p><p>&#8220;99.9 percent of the people are saying thank you so much for doing this. I&#8217;ve had three emails and a phone call that didn&#8217;t agree with it, but I&#8217;ve had about 100 members come up and say I&#8217;m so glad you did this.&#8221;</p><p>While safety is their number one priority, not everybody is too keen on the changes.</p><p>&#8220;I think they made a big mistake with this,&#8221; said Bob Perry from Clarks Summit. He&#8217;s been a member at the YMCA for more than 50 years. &#8220;People have the right to watch what they want, when they want. Because two other people got in an argument, that&#8217;s their problem. They should be expelled for a few weeks or whatever they want to do with them. The rest of us shouldn&#8217;t be punished for it.&#8221;</p><p>Other members see it as an acceptible move.</p><p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s probably a good thing,&#8221; said David Stinnett from Jessup. &#8220;People are here to do one thing. People who are working out that are involved in that type of conversations don&#8217;t want to hear people fighting about politics, current events. I&#8217;m OK with local news, but I&#8217;m here to workout, not talk politics.&#8221;</p><p>For more from Times Leader media partner FOX56, click <a href="http://fox56.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><style>
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Greater Scranton YMCA cracking down on politics in the gym