gay leaders
Mormon church sticking with Boy Scouts
By David Noyce — August 26, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY – After the Scouts voted to accept openly gay leaders last month, the LDS Church said it "considering creating its own international program for boys, separate from the Boy Scouts of America."
Most Utah Mormons want their church out of Boy Scouts, poll shows
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — August 18, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY A Mormon exodus could devastate the Scouts, given that, as recently as 2013, more than a third (37 percent) of the troops were LDS-sponsored, accounting for 18 percent of the BSA’s 2.4 million total membership.
Mormons considering alternative international scouting organization for boys
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — July 29, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY – While the BSA insists that religiously affiliated troops, including those sponsored by the LDS Church, can continue to ban gay leaders, many observers doubt such an exemption can be legally defended.
The one group still excluded from the Boy Scouts — atheists
By William Cummings — July 29, 2015
The vote by the Boy Scouts of America's board to lift the organization's ban on gay scout leaders is just the latest chapter in a long history of controversy over who merits the right to wear the scout uniform.
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