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by fortran77 1343 days ago
> but the people who hate the Scouts got them kicked out because they had a religious requirement for one of the ranks.

Actually people who love our Constitution got them kicked out.

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In my career in the Scouts, there was not one religious thing done in any of it. There was "trustworthy loyal helpful ... brave clean reverent", and AFAIK the reverent was only a word, with even less meaning than "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance at school, or "in God we trust" on the currency.

There was no religious requirement for being a Boy Scout, there were never any religious ceremonies at meetings, religion was never even mentioned in any of the activities or meetings.

The only thing was one requirement for the Eagle Scout.

The religious thing was just a convenient excuse for the people who hated the Scouts.