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To: WilliamIII
I've seen several comments on the many BSA/homo threads about how churches will no longer be involved with a homo organization. My thought when I read them: 'but what if the churches themselves are already pro-homo?'

I'm sure there will be plenty of homo churches to host the now-homo BSA.

50 posted on 05/25/2013 9:32:59 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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50 I've seen several comments on the many BSA/homo threads about how churches will no longer be involved with a homo organization. My thought when I read them: 'but what if the churches themselves are already pro-homo?' I'm sure there will be plenty of homo churches to host the now-homo BSA.

There will be 7 months before the new membership policy goes into effect. Lots of time for denominations to make up their minds on which way they will break ...

According to the 2012 BSA Report to the Nation, 63% of all youth registered in Scouting units are in units chartered to religious institutions. Below is the list of denominations and their % of boys ...

The churches in blue are the denominations which have spoken out AGAINST BSA's new membership policy to accept open homosexual youth.

The churches in red are the denominations which have spoken up FOR BSA's new membership policy to accept open homosexual youth or they ordain open homosexuals and may/may not marry homosexual couples.

The churches in pink are the denominations which have said they will probably SUPPORT BSA's new membership policy to accept open homosexual youth.

1. LDS 26.2%
2. UMC 22.1%
3. Catholic Church 16.6%
4. Presbyterian Church (PC-USA, PCA, others) 7.6%
5. Lutheran Church (ELCA, LC-MS, LC-WS) 7.1%
6. Baptist Churches (SBC and all others) 6.6%
7. Episcopal Church 2.5%
8. United Church of Christ/ Congregational 2.3%
9. Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 2.1%
10. Community Churches 2.0%
11. Church of Christ 0.9%
12. Evangelical/independent churches 0.5%
13. Church of God 0.3%
14. Church of the Nazarene 0.3%
15. Reformed Church in America 0.2%
16. Jewish synagogues and centers 0.2%
17. Church of the Brethren 0.2%
18. African Methodist Episcopal 0.1%
19. The Salvation Army 0.1%
20. Islam, Muslim, Masjid 0.1%
21. Assemblies of God 0.1%
22. Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 0.0%
23. Community of Christ 0.1%
24. Pentecostal Churches 0.1%
25. Other churches 1.5%

120 posted on 05/26/2013 5:17:00 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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