Mormons Severing Ties With Boy Scouts, Ending Long Bond

SALT LAKE CITY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Mormon church said Tuesday it will sever all ties with the Irving, Texas-based Boy Scouts of America at the end of next year and place its remaining 425,000 boys into a gospel-focused youth program it is developing. The move ends a nearly century-old relationship that was based on their shared values.
The announcement by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Boy Scouts didn’t come as a complete surprise after the religion last year r