Mormon Church Okay wh Endg Boy Suts’ Ban on Gay Youth | Christian Rearch Network

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• MORMON CHURCH TO 'RE-EVALUATE' RELATNSHIP AFTER BOY SUTS END GAY BAN
• MORMON CHURCH OK WH ENDG BOY SUTS' BAN ON GAY YOUTH
• BOY SUTS END BAN ON GAY LEARS, OVER PROTTS BY MORMON CHURCH
• MORMONS ENDORSE PLAN TO ADM GAY SUTS
• SOME CHURCH SAY THEY'LL CUT TI TO BOY SUTS FOLLOWG ITS LIFTG BAN ON GAY SUTS
• BOY SUTS ALLOWG GAY YOUTH OK WH MORMON CHURCH
• MORMON CHURCH OKAY WH ENDG BOY SUTS’ BAN ON GAY YOUTH

MORMON CHURCH TO 'RE-EVALUATE' RELATNSHIP AFTER BOY SUTS END GAY BAN

The Boy Suts of Ameri’s cisn on Monday to lift a ban on openly gay adult lears and employe has “eply troubled” the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, that stutn announced. “However, the admissn of openly gay lears is nsistent wh the doctr of the Church and what have tradnally been the valu of the Boy Suts of Ameri.

Followg a long-standg ntroversy, the anizatn 2014 lifted their ban on openly gay members, 2015 allowed openly gay adult sut lears for the first time, and 2017 allowed transgenr boys to jo for the first time. Dpe matag their partnership wh the Suts up until the May 2018 announcement, Church lears have recent years greeted succsive BSA announcements about the cln of gay, transgenr and female members wh obv unease and utn.

MORMON CHURCH OK WH ENDG BOY SUTS' BAN ON GAY YOUTH

The Mormon Church officially accepts openly gay and lbian dividuals as members and lears, but only if they rema celibate, as the Church's web se not: "Sexual relatns between a man and woman who are not married, or between people of the same sex, vlate one of our Father Heaven’s most important laws and get the way of our eternal progrs. When the BSA moved to accept gay and transgenr members recent years, the Church obtaed assuranc om the Suts that the Church uld "operate s programs ways that are nsistent wh our standards and beliefs. The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats has given tac approval to the Boy Suts’ proposal to allow gay youth to jo, sayg they “appreciate the posive thgs” clud the plan to end the anizatn's ntroversial ban on gay Boy Suts of Ameri last week proposed allowg gay youth – but not adults – to participate the private youth anizatn.

That me two months after they floated the ia of allowg gays and lbians of all ag to jo, a proposal that was nounced by the nservative relig groups that make up a bulk of Sutg. Its biannual “The Voice of the Sut Survey, ” nducted earlier this year, for the first time clud qutns on gay the 280 admistrative lol uncils, half remend no change, 38 percent remend a change and 14 percent took a ntral posn, the Suts said.

AdvertisementSKIP Berger/RtersJuly 27, 2015The Boy Suts of Ameri on Monday end s ban on openly gay adult lears. The announcement did not say how many board members were not policy change, which was expected, was wily seen as a watershed for an stutn that has faced growg turmoil over s stance toward gay people, even as stggl to halt a long-term cle members.

BOY SUTS END BAN ON GAY LEARS, OVER PROTTS BY MORMON CHURCH

It was praised by gay-rights anizatns as a major if plete step toward endg discrimatn. In 2013, facg growg public and ternal prsure, the Suts cid that openly gay youths uld participate, but not adults. That approach satisfied no one, forcg the ejectn of gay Eagle Suts when they turned 18 but still g some nservativ to Gat gave an urgent warng May that bee of sdg social and legal chang, the anizatn had no choice but to end s ban on gay lears.

“However, the admissn of openly gay lears is nsistent wh the doctr of the church and what have tradnally been the valu of the Boy Suts of Ameri. Some nservative evangelil church end ti wh the Boy Suts after the 2013 cisn to adm openly gay youths. Moore exprsed skepticism about the Suts’ promise to let church-sponsored uns exclu gay lears on relig grounds.

A rrectn was ma onJuly 27, 2015: An earlier versn of this article referred rrectly to the Mormon church’s view of a new Boy Suts policy on gay adult lears. The church said was “eply troubled” by the policy; there is no evince that had privately agreed to the we handle rrectnsA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 1 of the New York edn wh the headle: Mormons Assail Boy Suts’ Shift on Gay Lears. SALT LAKE CITY -- The Mormon church announced Wednday that will mata s longtime affiliatn wh Boy Suts spe the cisn to allow gay troop lears -- preventg what would have been a thunrg blow to the natnal cisn om senr lears of the Mormon church-- the natn's largt sponsor of Boy Sut uns -- me as somewhat of a surprise.

MORMONS ENDORSE PLAN TO ADM GAY SUTS

The church said was eply troubled and nsirg other optns when the Boy Suts announced on July 28 that would lift s ban on gay adult lears, while allowg church-sponsored Sut uns to ntue excludg gay adults.

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SOME CHURCH SAY THEY'LL CUT TI TO BOY SUTS FOLLOWG ITS LIFTG BAN ON GAY SUTS

Some had speculated the church would cut ti 2013, when Boy Suts cid to allow openly gay lears have softened their tone about gays and lbians recent years.

Church lears were volved legislatn enacted Utah March that extend nondiscrimatn protectns to gays, lbians, bisexuals and transgenr those lears have also ma clear that the church still oppos gay marriage and believ homosexual activy is a s.

BOY SUTS ALLOWG GAY YOUTH OK WH MORMON CHURCH

|Mormons Endorse Plan to Adm Gay Suts ADVERTISEMENTMormons Endorse Plan to Adm Gay SutsApril 26, 2013The Mormon Church has clared s support for the Boy Suts of Ameri’s proposal to end a longstandg ban on openly gay youths, while ntug to bar gay adult lears. The ban on gay youths and lears has e unr growg public scty, wh some ci and chari sayg they nnot support an anizatn that discrimat. But the Boy Suts also feared losg partnerships wh nservative church that ll homosexual acts a s.

In the past, the Mormon and Roman Catholic Church and some evangelil Christian groups had threatened to sever ti wh the Suts if they permted gay members and lears. This month, after extensive surveys and discsns wh sut lears and parents around the untry, Boy Sut executiv said they found a mix of attus but wispread objectns to gay lears, particular.

” But they proposed keepg the ban on gay adult lears and said that any open exprsns of sexualy, whether heterosexual or homosexual, had no place sutg. Gay rights groups sharply cricized the proposal, sayg that barrg gay lears would not only perpetuate discrimatn, but also rerce the discreded fear that gay men are more likely than others to be pedophil.

MORMON CHURCH OKAY WH ENDG BOY SUTS’ BAN ON GAY YOUTH

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 11 of the New York edn wh the headle: Mormons Endorse Plan To Adm Gay Suts.