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Originally posted by FSUZeta
wouldn't a muslim boy scout troop be an oxymoron?i thought boy scouting is based on christian ideals, hence the intolerance for gay scouts or gay scout masters.i think i remember a big brou-haha a year or two ago where the boy scouts might lose their united way funding due to gay intolerence
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There are plenty of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, etc. Boy Scouts, both in the US and around the world. The only "group" that would be catagorically excluded from Scouting are atheists, since they would not be able to promise "Duty to God." As long as a Scout can promise duty to God, who/whatever the Scout and his family understand God to be (or her family -- there are girls in BSA programs), Scouting has no problem with it, and simply encourages the Scout to be true to his own religious beliefs.
And it's probably a bit much to characterize the BSA's "gay policy" as intolerent, at least as to Scouts themselves. While there is more or less a "ban" on openly-gay leaders (I know, don't ask, don't tell), there is also pretty much a prohibition on asking a Scout whether he is gay or not. In my experence, if the Scout doesn't make a big deal of it, neither does anyone else.
And as ktsnake says, it's also probably a bit much to lay the "gay policy" on "christian ideals," since most other religions share the traditional Christian view. The Dalai Lama takes a rather hardline view on the subject, as I recall.