Commentary: Mormons and the Boy Scouts, once joined at the hip, are now heading down different trails

It is a common stereotype, though one not far from the truth, that the average Mormon boy is an Eagle Scout.There are certainly a lot of them. Recent statistics suggest that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints makes up about 20 percent of the Boy Scouts of America enrollment. This has been a long and interdependent relationship: The BSA provided a wholesome structure for Mormon boys, with typically half the LDS Church’s weekly activities nights dedicated to some Scouting initia