This is sad news, indeed. The national leadership of the Boy Scouts of America has decided to allow open and avowed homosexuality into Scouting.

After 15 years of volunteer service to the Boy Scouts of America and as a recipient of the District Award of Merit, Wood Badge Beads, the Lamb Award, the Silver Beaver Award, and the honor of being named a James E. West Fellow, it is with a heavy heart that I resigned from all service to the BSA yesterday.

I hope that there is a silver lining to this dark cloud. While people in powerful positions in this nation are trying to drive us away from traditional values, there are still many of us in the rank and file who are faithful and only want the best for our children. OnMyHonor.net may offer a continuation of a century of good tradition in our nation. Please pray for our scouts and scouting volunteers who must now move beyond a suddenly failed organization.

The Reverend Dr. Douglas H. Spittel, Senior Pastor
First Trinity Evangelical-Lutheran Church
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania