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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Leaving aside the issue of whether OP is a troll, I am not going to let my son join the Boy Scouts.  The activities are great but, fortunately, there are plenty of opportunities to engage in similar activities without the Boy Scouts (e.g. 4H).  More importantly, while it is good that, after years of intense pressure, the Boy Scouts are finally in the process of addressing their overt discrimination against homosexuals, they continue to be a non-sectarian religious organization that discriminates against atheists and, ironically, has encouraged atheist scouts to lie about their beliefs in order to remain in the organization.

Nope.  Not for my son.[/quote]

It is a group that asks a Scout to have some sort of faith; Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, etc.. So yes, doesn't sound like it's for you. But that's your loss, not theirs.[/quote]

PP, you're basically saying: yes, the Boy Scouts discriminate against boys who don't have a religion, and that's good.

What's your goal here?[/quote]

Why is there a goal involved?  Some troops are more religiously oriented than others.  A good many run out of churches, but a good many run out of schools and other public buildings.  Our troop is based in a Methodist church.  The only time I have heard so much of a prayer in 7 years involvement is as a benediction at Eagle Scout induction ceremonies -- nicely generic as the troop kids who practice several religions.  But, a belief in a higher power is part of the organization's principles.  So -- it's cool if a family does not want to join because of that.  I know several families that did not join because of the stance on homosexuality.  Very understandable.  Now that it is changed some folks are more likely to join.  Others - like the Mormon church based troops - are leaving.  It's part of the evolution of the organization.  It's also not an organization that folks who decline to swear an oath should join either.  Again, one's own personal beliefs can be a guide for what organizations to join and what ones to abstain from.

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