No sooner did the Boy Scouts of America agreed to let gay children become members of the organization, that the Southern Baptists have de facto ordered all their faithful to withdraw en masse from the organization.
One of the prominent Baptist preachers, Tim Reed, quoted scripture reiterating the church's stance against homosexuality.
In addition the Baptist church is planning to cut its charter with the organization altogether.
The Baptist church sponsors nearly 4,000 scout units and more than 100,000 children, according to the organization's own records.
Gone are the drawbacks the infamous scandal on the concealment attempt of prior crimes of children sexual abuse. That incident did not prompt any withdrawal from the Church. But the inclusion of homosexual children did.
The flagrant hypocrisy at the new stance of the Baptist church should be called out vis a vis the prior child abuse scandal, which was completely ignored by the Baptist Convention.
The religious organization has plans to urge all 45,000 congregations and 16 million members to effectively ostracize the Boy Scouts and withdraw both membership and participation. The resolution is expected to be passed unanimously by the convention's members.
Source : CNN 6.2.13
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