Prayer Vigil

Crowd urges BSA to keep gays out of Scouting

By: Lareign Ward and Ashley Gardner - Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Adam Sacasa Scott Hines, left, Scoutmaster for Troop 16, and his son Garrett pray during a vigil in the First Baptist Church, Moores Lane, atrium Tuesday night. Members of the troop, parents and others prayed that the Boy Scouts of America would continue to keep their policy of exclu...

A local church hosted a prayer vigil Tuesday night urging Boy Scouts of America to hold firm to a national rule preventing gays from being part of the organization.

The vigil was held at First Baptist Church, Moores Lane, which sponsors Troop 16. Troop 16 consists of 118...

Published: 02/06/2013