With its recent decision to continue to support and finance the Boy Scouts of America, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has some explaining to do.
The LDS Church espouses integrity and honesty in its financial and temporal dealings with others, yet it continues to give millions and millions of dollars to an organization that lines its pockets with runaway compensation packages and financial perks. Why?
The LDS Church, at its very core, teaches that sexual relations are only to be had between a man and a woman, and even then only in the context of marriage, yet it funds, finances and sponsors an organization whose policies and moral standards are no longer aligned with those of its own. Why?
The LDS Church knows young boys have been abused and/or molested by its own members, and knows full well this decision places more young boys at risk to predators and opportunists looking to take advantage of relaxed leadership policies by the BSA. Why?
It's time LDS Church officials clearly explain their decision and stop speaking out of both sides of their mouth. All members of the LDS Church have a right to hear the answers to these questions!
Steven Jones
American Fork