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Mormon church sticking with Boy Scouts

The LDS Church announced that the faith will stick with the Scouts after threatening last month to bolt from the youth group and form its own international organization for boys.
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Religious groups react to Boy Scouts’ vote to drop ban on gay adults

The Boy Scouts of America’s decision to drop its ban on gay adult leaders and employees brought a range of responses from religious groups.
Commentary

POLL: Should the Boy Scouts lift its ban on gays?

On Thursday the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America will decide whether or not it should change its policy which currently forbids openly gay scouts to participate in scouting troops across the country.

The proposal will be put before roughly 1,400 voting members at a meeting in Texas.

Commentary

Boy Scouts shift on gays wouldn’t change rules on atheists

For former scoutmaster Richard Guglielmetti, the Boy Scouts of America’s reconsideration of its ban on gay scouts and leaders is long overdue.
Guglielmetti, 66, who led Troop 76 in Simsbury, Conn., for a dozen years until 2005, said leaders and members of his troop ignored the national organization’s prohibition on gays because they felt it was wrong.

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