The Boy Scouts of America lifted its outright ban on openly gay adult leaders and employees on Monday, rolling back a policy that has deeply divided the membership of the 105-year-old Texas-based organization.
The new policy, which takes effect immediately, comes three years after the organization removed its prohibition on gay youth, but local Boy Scout units chartered by religious organizations will still be permitted to exclude gay adults from serving as den leaders, scoutmasters or camp counselors.
The latest move was widely seen as being aimed at quelling a backlash against the Boy Scouts amid declining membership and the threat of litigation, while addressing concerns of religious institutions that account for about 70 percent of the 100,000-plus Boy Scout units nationwide.
The rest are chartered to civic groups and educational organizations.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest of all faith-based Boy Scout sponsors, said in a statement it was “deeply troubled” by the move and said the Mormons’ “century-long association with Scouting will need to be examined.”
I thank the good Lord my three sons are all grown.
Another great American institution has been fully destroyed by the head sodomite in the house of sodomy using his sodomite judiciary threats. He wanted the destruction of the boy scouts ever since he became the head Capo of the nation. I have not supported the scouts since the first debacle and when they were considering doing it, so to even think of doing it, in my book you have already committed the act. As Christ stated,if you look at a women to lust after her but don’t commit the act , in Gods eye you have committed the act in your heart. and this is what the head council of the scouts has done. they now will be fully destroyed by member families, because what crazy parent would put there children where there could be a sodomite running thru the camp at night wanting to bed down with the young men.