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=== 1916 BSA Declaration of Religious Principle === | |||
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<p>The [[Boy Scouts of America]] maintains that no member can grow into the best kind of citizen without recognizing an obligation to God and, therefore, recognizes the religious element in the training of the member, but it is absolutely nonsectarian in its attitude toward that religious training. Its policy is that the home and organization or group with which the member is connected shall give definite attention to religious life.</P><p>Only persons willing to subscribe to these precepts from the Declaration of Religious Principle and to the Bylaws of the Boy Scouts of America shall be entitled to certificates of leadership. | |||
<ref>[http://usscouts.org/usscouts/aboutbsa/rp.asp 1916 BSA Declaration of Religious Principle]</ref> (Accredited to [[James E. West]], 1st Chief Scout Executive of BSA)</ref> | |||
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=== 2018 BSA Duty to God Affirmation === | === 2018 BSA Duty to God Affirmation === | ||
