thetrumpet.com (29 May 2013) - The Boy Scouts of America voted last Thursday to lift a ban against homosexual boys joining its organization. The vote was made by 60 percent of the 1,400 members of the national council of the BSA at its annual meeting in Grapevine, Texas, and the new policy will officially be effected Jan. 1, 2014.
In February 2013, the BSA leadership had postponed voting on the matter to allow for debates and surveys of public opinion among its membership.
The decision to allow homosexual scouts will be received with mixed feelings. While the Mormon Church (the biggest sponsor of BSA troops), the National Jewish Committee on Scouting, the Episcopal Church, the United Church of Christ, the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Metropolitan Community Church have all endorsed the BSA’s vote, many other churches and organizations are unhappy and will remain firmly opposed to the decision. Many will pull out their funding of the Boy Scouts.
This outcome really should not have surprised anyone. There has been an accelerating trend for many decades, especially since the 1940s, of moral degeneration.
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