Land urges Scouts to protect values, boys

Southern Baptist ethics leader Richard Land has urged Boy Scout officials to uphold their long-standing moral values and protect young males by abandoning their proposed policy change on homosexuality.

In a letter Thursday (Jan. 31), the president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission called on the Boy Scouts of America's leadership to reverse course on a proposal to lift its ban on homosexual troop leaders and members.

The Boy Scouts national board is expected to vote next week on a recommendation to enable each local Scouting unit to determine its policy on the issue of homosexual inclusion. Read more