Category - scouts

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4 Dec 2012

Scouts and Guides to consult on extending membership to non-religious

The Scout Association and Girlguiding UK have announced that they are to consult on extending membership to non-religious people, atheists and agnostics.
19 Feb 2010

Campaigners welcome Scout leaders' action on Ugandan anti-gay bill

Campaigners have welcomed a decision by the international Scouting body to question the Ugandan wing of their movement about the Anti-Homosexuality Bill proposed by the country’s chief Scout.
16 Feb 2010

Scout movement under pressure over Ugandan anti-gay bill

The World Organisation of the Scout Movement is under pressure to denounce the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill, given that the Bill’s proposer, David Bahati, is Chief of the Scout Board of Uganda.
16 Jul 2009

Christians don't believe in swearing at Scouts too

The instinct to defend oath-taking and swearing runs deep within many religious people.
2 Feb 2008

Scouts should honour both religious and non-religious youth
2 Feb 2008

Scouts' honour questioned over its exclusion of the non-religious

Two leading organisations speaking for the concerns of non-religious people in the UK have challenged a major youth organisation over its exclusion of non-believers, in spite of its repeated claims to be open and inclusive.