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The Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its ban on openly gay adult leaders.
But the new policy allows church-sponsored units to choose local unit leaders who share their precepts, even if that means restricting such positions to heterosexual men.
Well that is very good news indeed!
Now the Boys Scouts can finally join the21st Century and start treating people like people instead of focusing on their sexuality.
Wait, there's a catch isn't there?
Despite this compromise, the Mormon Church said it might leave the organization anyway. Its stance surprised many and raised questions about whether other conservative sponsors, including the Roman Catholic Church, might follow suit.
“The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is deeply troubled by today’s vote,” said a statement issued by the church moments after the Scouts announced the new policy. “When the leadership of the church resumes its regular schedule of meetings in August, the century-long association with scouting will need to be examined.”
Dammit! What is with the Mormons and their fear of all things non-heterosexual?
Wait didn't they say earlier that they would go along with this decision?
Only two weeks ago, the Mormon Church hinted that it could remain in the fold so long as its units could pick their own leaders.
Gee, the Mormons lied, how unpredictable.
Well I guess we can look forward to another hundred or so Mormons making a mass exodus from the church in the near future.
One Colorado Republican lawmaker was so outraged by this change that he has suggested that gay scout leaders should be "drowned in the depths of the sea."
Seems a bit severe, don't you think?
Personally I think the Boy Scout charters should be restricted to secular sponsors and never be associated with any religious institutions. But hey that's just me.