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Anti-gay Scouting Group Excludes Jews & Mormons
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The Christian conservative scouting group that broke away from the Boy Scouts of America over the decision to allow gay scouts to participate is also against the inclusion of Jews and Mormons.
EdgeOnTheNet.com reported Wednesday that Christian youth group Trail Life’s bylaws state that Jewish and Mormon boys may participate in Trail Life, but their fathers may not hold leadership positions within the organization.
Trail Life requires that all scouts and leaders sign a “Statement of Faith” in the Christian religion. “(A) person of the Jewish faith would not be able to sign our Statement of Faith,” said the website.
“Thus, according to our membership standards, Jewish churches and organizations would be precluded from chartering Trail Life USA troops. And those of the Jewish faith would indeed be precluded as adult leaders based on their beliefs,” it continued.
Jewish youth may join Trail Life and “a Jewish parent could be present at troop functions and even on certain camping trips, but not as a recognized or registered leader that would be providing direct leadership to the youth.”
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And on their website I saw this:
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What are your views on homosexuality?
We at Trail Life USA believe that homosexuality, or any sexuality outside of the Sanctity of Marriage under God between a Man and a Woman is sin.
We do not allow a boy that is part of or advocating for the Gay Movement to participate.
We do not exclude a boy who confides to a leader that he has experienced some same-sex attraction and wonders what that means. Same-sex attraction is not in itself a sin, as it is rather a temptation. It is what you do with that temptation in thought and in action that is sin. We would counsel a boy that he should not allow this feeling to turn into lustful thoughts or consideration of a gay lifestyle. We would also counsel a boy that we cannot always control our thoughts on our own, but that by the power of Jesus Christ that we have the power to overcome sin in our lives. We would graciously work with such a boy to have him put these thoughts in a Biblical perspective and to seek God’s purpose in his life. We would pray with and for the boy. We believe that with our Biblical understanding we are most strongly equipped to make a difference in a young man’s life that might find himself experiencing same sex attraction, as some psychological studies report a significant percentage of boys do at some point in their teenage life.
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