Noah Feldman: Mormons’ breakup with Boy Scouts is disappointing

Don’t be fooled by the superficially amicable split between the Boy Scouts of America and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The breakup, in fact, reflects a long-festering period of incompatibility and will have consequences for both institutions and for the possibility of respectful disagreements in our federal republic.The immediate impetus for the divorce might seem to be the decision by the Boy Scouts to rename itself “Scouts BSA” in recognition of the fact t