BSA Membership Resolution & LDS Church Statement
Since my last post on the subject of the BSA membership standard (March 31), the BSA National Executive Committee met, completed their review of the findings from the listening phase of the Membership Standards Study Initiative, and drafted a Membership Standards Resolution. The resolution is being reviewed by the full National Board, and will be voted on by the board on May 24. If approved, it would be effective Jan. 1, 2014. For those who have not seen the resolution, it is worth reading in its entirety, and is reproduced as follows. Following the resolution (I have bolded & underlined more relevant text), I discuss ramifications especially from the LDS perspective (The LDS Church being the largest sponsor of Scouting units and members in the U.S.), present the LDS Church’s media statement on the resolution, and explain why I believe we can and should support both. Boy Scouts of America Membership Standards Resolution “WHEREAS, it is the m...