Membership in the Boy Scouts is in no way a sin, what is a sin is accepting those that live in open sinful relationships. We are all sinners and fall short of God's expectation of what we should be. The LCMS must strive to hold a higher standard than the rest of the world does. We can not give in to accepted sinful lifestyles for any reason. To accept any deviant practice as normal is denouncing our faith in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Legally we can not discriminate against anyone for their sexual orientation, therefore we must exclude all that might be deviant, as we describe it. This doe not exclude any LCMS persons from being active in the BSA. We can not however endorse any BSA activities as they may be in open violation of our Christian values.