Dear friends and members of SWD:

The other day after the Boy Scouts changed their policy regarding allowing gay scouts, a reporter called. She was curious about how our LCMS was reacting. I referred her to the response that came from the Office of National Missions, the Rev. Bart Day. Rev Day writes:

On Thursday, May 23, 2013, a vote changed history. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) voted yesterday to end its 103-year ban on allowing gay Scouts in the organization…For now, we ask your patience. LCMS leaders are already studying the implications of this policy change, but we will need some time to evaluate the decision and determine what it will mean for BSA troops in our LCMS congregations. We need to consider how this will affect our religious freedoms. We need to discuss how this may impact our ability, as confessing Lutherans, to continue to be bold about what we believe, according to Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions, in the public square.