11 year-old banned from joining the Scouts for refusing to pledge allegiance to God

[[deleted user]]

An 11 year-old boy has been banned from joining his local Scout group because he does not believe in God. George Pratt, from Midsomer Norton in Somerset, refuses to make the Scout Promise, in which new members are required to swear allegiance to God and the Queen, because of his atheist beliefs. As a result, he cannot be invested as a full member of the Scout group which meets opposite his home. The British Humanist Association (BHA) supports George’s decision, and would like both the Scouts and the Girl Guides to omit this prohibitive portion of the membership oath.

http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2012/...

[Hazel]

I'd have refused to pledge allegiance to the queen too...

[James]

The Boy Scouts of America also demand some admission of faith, although they do not specify what higher power you choose to have faith in.

These relics would do better to get with the times and realize that secularism is going to either get them to change (perhaps too late) or break them eventually.

[George]

I never utter the words "under God" in the U.S. pledge of allegiance--these words were added to the original pledge by an asinine Congress.