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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

That's it's good to have faith in someone/something bigger than yourself? That you are not the be-all, end-all of the universe?

Anyway, skip Scouts and deny your son if you feel you must. (Would you disown him if he decided to join some sort of religious organization later?)[/quote]

I'm a different poster. I don't have any sons. I just wondered why you went to the effort of sharing your opinion that it's good to discriminate against non-believers.[/quote]

This is a voluntary group -- no one is "discriminating" against atheists. Belief in God is a cornerstone of the organization. Like service is. You can't be a Boy Scout unless you do a LOT of community service. [/quote]

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