LAST EDITED ON 06-01-13 AT 10:58 PM (EST)Hey, BSA, a bit of good news! Yes, losing the sponsorships of the Southern Baptist Conference and the Assemblies of God and various independent churches would be a blow, losing donors has been a blow, losing donors while also losing (Potentially) tax exempt status a double whammy. But +++
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/catholic-leaders-urge-support-for-boy-scouts-after-shift-on-gays_n_3369669.html
+++ they still have support within the Catholic Church!
The U.S. Catholic Church’s top liaison to the Boy Scouts of America is telling Catholic Scout leaders and troop sponsors that the BSA’s new policy welcoming gay Scouts “is not in conflict with Catholic teaching” and they should continue to support scouting programs.
“Scouting is still the best youth-serving program available to all youth,” Edward P. Martin, chairman of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting, wrote in a May 29 letter addressed to “fellow Catholic Scouters.”
Martin said that despite some concerns, the NCCS had taken a neutral stance on a resolution adopted on May 23 by the BSA’s National Council.
One of the experts Martin cited was Edward Peters, a canon lawyer popular with church conservatives who wrote that while he disliked the new policy it was not contrary to church doctrine.
Martin noted that Scouting policies still bar sexual activity of any kind ...
Not to mention that the BSA has a strong program in place to deal with pederasty when they discover it, and not by sweeping it under the rug, unlike some groups.
Seriously, though, Catholic Churches are the third strongest sponsors of Boy Scout troops (Southern Baptists are way down the list), losing Catholic support would have been a major blow to the BSA.