As a family of scouters, my boys are working towards Eagle, and my husband is a Scoutmaster, I ask you to provide support for troops who wish to continue meeting at LCMS churches and who want to continue to include Christian values at the core of what they are doing.

There are many who plan to continue as usual, as the decision given by the BSA executive board reads:

"Chartered organizations will continue to select their adult leaders, and religious chartered organizations may continue to use religious beliefs as criteria for selecting adult leaders, including matters of sexuality. This change allows Scouting's members and parents to select local units, chartered to organizations with similar beliefs, that best meet the needs of their families. This change also respects the right of religious chartered organizations to choose adult volunteer leaders whose beliefs are consistent with their own."

We need more LCMS leaders and greater support by churches who wish to instill meaningful values (influencing others for Christ at the core of this) to back up the leaders who will be called on to make hard decisions in the next month. If a gay person is passed by for leadership, who will back up the troop making this decision based on religious belief?

Prayer is indeed needed so that people directly affected by this decision can make choices that will be God honoring.

Sincerely,
L Warrick