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To: SZonian

Sorry, I might have misunderstood you.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a longtime supporter of the Boy Scouts of America, teaches that homosexual activity is immoral.[50] The LDS Church is the largest single sponsor of Scouting units with over 30,000 units nationwide, which comprise about 13% of BSA’s youth members.[51][52] In 2000, an attorney representing the LDS Church stated that “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ... would withdraw from Scouting if it were compelled to accept openly homosexual Scout leaders”.[51][53] This does not differ from the LDS Church policy of allowing “non-practicing” self professed gay members to enjoy all the same rights and privileges as any other church member.

An LDS spokesman issued a statement “We caution others not to speculate about our position .... Neither has the [LDS] Church launched any campaign either to affect or prevent a policy change.”[54]


14 posted on 03/30/2015 4:10:57 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

Actually, the percentages of registrations are much higher...approaching 40% now that many other units have been forced or have chosen to recharter with unaffiliated churches or organizations.

In this article, they state 38%...but it varies.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578960/LDS-Church-welcomes-Scoutings-gay-membership-compromise.html?pg=all

[Just for edification, not every Scout unit is chartered with a church. It does make it convenient and is quite helpful in espousing and teaching a solid moral foundation, but not mandatory.]

What I can tell you is that in my experiences, the actual number of participants is a fraction of that, yet the LDS pay for ALL youth registered in the church as members, active or not. Unless a parent opts their child out, all boys 8-18 in the LDS church are registered automatically.

It’s the LDS church’s youth “program” for boys.


19 posted on 03/30/2015 4:22:57 PM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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