Mormon leaders said in a statement they will reexamine their ties to the Boy Scouts. "The church," they said, "has always welcomed all boys to its Scouting units regardless of sexual orientation. However, the admission of openly gay leaders is inconsistent with the doctrines of the church and what have traditionally been the values of the Boy Scouts of America."
Discrimination at any level sends a harmful message to youth, gay or straight alike, and that discrimination has no place in Scouting.
Our position has never been that people should be forced out of Scouting. We have always said that the values of Scouting are universal they should be welcome to everyone who is willing to live by the Scout oath and the Scout law.
No parent should be denied from their Scouting - their son's Scouting experience simply because those parents happen to be gay.
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