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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -—
A group of local Boy Scouts learned Tuesday they will no longer be allowed to use facilities at the Anchorage Baptist Temple.

Anchorage Christian Schools, located on the church's campus, is currently home base for Troop 1316, but the church informed scout leaders their relationship will end September 1. The last meeting of the troop is scheduled for Thursday.

What prompted the move is a decision earlier this year by Boy Scouts of America to allow openly gay members.

Pastor Jerry Prevo said in an email to Mark Schneider, whose 12-year-old son is a longtime member of the troop, that Boy Scouts have "'tucked and run' from taking a stand since I was a scout."

"ABT has not changed," Prevo wrote. "The Boy Scouts have."

Prevo believes allowing scouts to meet in the building is akin to an endorsement of homosexuality, he wrote in the email. He pointed to Leviticus 18:22 and 1 Corinthians 6:9, verses of the Bible commonly cited by Christian opponents of homosexuality.

Schneider does not entirely agree with the new Boy Scouts' policy, but he believes ABT is putting kids at the center of an issue that should be left to adults.

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