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Commentary: Church made a mistake pulling away from the BSA

Scrolling through Facebook the other day, I saw a post about a Fox Business article saying the Boy Scouts of America may have to declare bankruptcy.

I started scrolling through the comments, but I was quickly disheartened and disappointed. Many people were placing the blame on the BSA. A few cited high pay for executives, but this is necessary for such a program. In order to be run well, an organization needs to attract competent people, and those people require higher pay to make it worth their while.

Every other comment I saw was a variation of “They betrayed their principles to the liberals” or “They shouldn’t have alienated their biggest donor.