--- description: The church says its relationship with the Scouts "will need to be examined" title: Mormon Church 'Deeply Troubled' by Boy Scouts Allowing Gay Leaders image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt636842ad31715745/69885cb28e0601434146192c/boy-scouts.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LGBT](/tag/lgbt/) ## LGBT Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mormon Church to 'Re-Evaluate' Relationship After Boy Scouts End Gay Ban by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2015 12:45 AM CUT  A Boy Scout wears a sash displaying his earned merit badges at a ceremony in New York City. The merit badge sash is worn by a Boy Scout during formal activities and events and not during Troop meetings or campouts. A Boy Scout wears a sash displaying his earned merit badges at a ceremony in New York City. The merit badge sash is worn by a Boy Scout during formal activities and events and not during Troop meetings or campouts.Robert Alexander/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2015 12:45 AM CUT The Boy Scouts of America’s [decision](http://time.com/3974220/boy-scouts-gay-ban/ "undefined") on Monday to lift a ban on openly gay adult leaders and employees has “deeply troubled” the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that institution [announced](http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/church-re-evaluating-scouting-program "undefined"). The church has had a formal relationship with the Scouts since 1913, and organizes its own troops in Mormon communities. [As of 2010](http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/operating%5Forgs/Latter-day%5FSaints.aspx "undefined"), the Church’s troops counted 142,085 Cub Scouts and 205,990 Boy Scouts. Now, the church said in a [statement](http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/church-re-evaluating-scouting-program "undefined"), it will be reevaluating the relationship with the Scouts. “The Church has always welcomed all boys to its Scouting units regardless of sexual orientation,” the organization wrote. “However, the admission of openly gay leaders is inconsistent with the doctrines of the Church and what have traditionally been the values of the Boy Scouts of America.” Members of the church’s governing councils are not in the office at this time of year, but will meet in August to “examine” the relationship with the Scouts. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3974232/mormon-gay-boy-scout-leaders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3974232/mormon-gay-boy-scout-leaders/"},"headline":"Mormon Church to 'Re-Evaluate' Relationship After Boy Scouts End Gay Ban","datePublished":"2015-07-28T00:45:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:38:20.875Z","description":"The Church says its relationship with the Scouts \"will need to be examined\"","url":"https://time.com/3974232/mormon-gay-boy-scout-leaders/","keywords":["LGBT"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt636842ad31715745/69885cb28e0601434146192c/boy-scouts.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt636842ad31715745/69885cb28e0601434146192c/boy-scouts.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"boy-scouts","caption":"A Boy Scout wears a sash displaying his earned merit badges at a ceremony in New York City. The merit badge sash is worn by a Boy Scout during formal activities and events and not during Troop meetings or campouts.","creditText":"Robert Alexander/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/lgbt/","name":"LGBT"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3974232/mormon-gay-boy-scout-leaders/","name":"Mormon Church to 'Re-Evaluate' Relationship After Boy Scouts End Gay Ban"}}]}] ```