By Jeff Schapiro An organization formed in the wake of the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to allow openly gay members officially launched on New Year’s Day. Trail Life USA now has nearly 500 troops that have either entered the pre-charter process or are fully chartered and are already registering members, according to Mark Hancock,…
By Mike Butts CALDWELL — Caldwell’s historic Boone Memorial Presbyterian Church split into two factions this spring primarily over whether gay members could serve as church leaders. The Church, founded in 1888, now has an evangelical group that continues to use the building on South 14th Avenue and another group that meets at the Jewett…
By Bob Smietana (RNS) For the Rev. Ernest Easley, the decision to cut ties with the Boy Scouts was simple. The Bible says homosexuality is a sin. The Boy Scouts do not. “We are not willing to compromise God’s word,” said Easley, pastor of the 2,300-member Roswell Street Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga., which has…
By Christina Ng A number of churches that previously sponsored Boy Scout troops have said they plan to sever ties to the organization following its decision to lift a longtime national ban on admitting openly gay Scouts. Openly gay adults will still be barred from leadership roles in the organization. “I think I can say…