In reply to Karen.

I'm glad to hear that you feel these young boys are just dust on the feet of the LCMS. In the scouting organization we are training up these young boy and turning them into young men. And your comment on having these homosexuals being in close contact with these vulnerable boys; tell me, what's the difference in that and having a female leader with the boys? There are measures in the scouting organization to ensure that kids are never one on one with the boys. It's called two deep leadership, and for the boys they have the buddy system. Just because the person may be gay, does not make them an instant pedophile. I understand why the LCMS is doing this, if they don't start standing up now, then when do they. i believe it was the governments doing in making the BSA start excepting gay scouts and then gay scout leaders. I just pray the BSA and the LCMS can come to an agreement of some sort, so the boys don't miss out on an important and worth wild program.