Posted by:
elee
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Date: January 10, 2011 02:13PM
Hey, Ron,
He says that because BSA has rules concerning atheists, agnostics and homosexuals. Atheists/agnostics can't be troop members or leaders and homosexuals can't be leaders.
"● Youth and Adult Volunteers
Boy Scouts of America believes that no member can grow into the best kind of citizen without recognizing an obligation to God. Accordingly, youth members and adult volunteer leaders of Boy Scouts of America obligate themselves to do their duty to God and be reverent as embodied in the Scout Oath and the Scout Law. Leaders also must subscribe to the Declaration of Religious Principle. Because of its views concerning the duty to God, Boy Scouts of America believes that an atheist or agnostic is not an appropriate role model of the Scout Oath and Law for adolescent boys. Because of Scouting’s methods and beliefs, Scouting does not accept atheists and agnostics as members or adult volunteer leaders."
Link:
http://www.bsalegal.org/duty-to-god-cases-224.aspThe by laws were upheld by the Supreme Court.