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Membership, Employment, and Service Restrictions Targeting Nonbelievers

Boy Scout to old lady: "Before I help you cross the street - may I ask if you believe in God?"

Boy Scouts of America: Nonbelievers Need Not Apply

The Boy Scouts of America, which identifies itself as a promoter of values and patriotism, has denied membership to children who did not want to publicly acknowledge that God plays an important role in their life. Adult leaders have been dismissed for identifying themselves as atheists. Should BSA membership be so restricted?

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God n. c (2) : the ideal or essence of what is best in human life <to them God became a symbol for the highest human aspirations and without reality apart from the minds of men> K.S. Latourette. Webster's Third New International Dictionary.

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