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Originally Posted by Hard8s
Another Eagle Scout here. But not much interested in it lately because of all the negativity with them not allowing certain groups into scouting. There was a national story not too long ago about the Scouts not allowing anyone who did not believe in God to join.
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its really lame about all that...I dont think religion/sexuality/race should have any kind of role in who is allowed in scouting... and leaders definently should not push any of those type of beliefs on the scouts....
before i went up for the eagle board of review at the district level one of the scoutmasters pulled me aside and told me that he knew i am an athiest but if they ask if i believe in god the correct anser is yes...
during my board of review they had me going over the scout law and what it meant to me... when "and reverent" came around i told em that it meant to me that people should be accepting of others beliefs and all that... then they asked me if it meant anything about an individuals scouts belief... and i told them i thought that was very small and relatively unimportant part of the meaning...
...obviously they liked it enough to make me an eagle...