It seems not everyone is pleased by the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) decision to re-consider its controversial ban 
on gay participants. A number of conservative pundits were quick to condemn the BSA's Jan. 28 announcement. The American Family Association's Bryan Fischer, whose anti-gay declarations have become a near-weekly staple of his “Focal Point” radio show, minced no words on Twitter: “Jerry Sandusky is now the poster boy for the Boy Scouts of America.” Others were perhaps less inflammatory but nonetheless firm in their opposition. Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, told USA Today that a policy change would be “nothing less than disastrous” for the scouting organization/Huffington Post. More here. (SR file photo for illustrative purposes)
Question: How do you think this controversy will play out?
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