Discrimination on Scouts

Blatant discrimination. An atheist boy in the UK expelled from the Scouts because he was uncomfortable with reciting their Promise of "do their duty by God and the Queen", and voiced his discomfort with the theistic motto.

 His father sums it up quite well: "George had the guts to stand up and admit his view and I believe the Scouts are being narrow-minded when we are supposed to be tolerant." 

Espousing every single view of Robert Baden-Powell is obviously uncritical thinking. One example will suffice: if on the one hand he promoted a good side of religion, on the other hand he sympathized with fascism and recommended the reading of Mein Kampf. By bringing to the 21st century all the views of a Victorian/Edwardian (or of anyone of any era for that matter) one is bringing not only the good ideals but also the prejudices and bigotry of their zeitgeist.

 Scouts of Britain - and of the USA, where such cases have also happened - should modernize their ideas, as did some more progressive Scout associations worldwide, such as the Scouts of Canada.