Boy Scouts Of America Hit Hard Times

Recently the Boy Scouts of America have been in the news a lot. They have received a lot of publicity about Child Molestation Scandals, 4 Scout Leaders, and many have now had to be treated for heat exposure while waiting for Mr. George Bush. (I live in Utah and there have been a couple recent incidents with scouts being lost, even more bad news).

What is troubling to me is this portion of the article:

Hanging over the ten-day event is the threat that the giant jamboree may not take place again again a recent court ruling that the Pentagon’s $8 million contribution is unconstitutional because the organisation requires its members to affirm a belief in God.

Now I am an Eagle Scout and I don't think that it's fair to say that they should be able to say that the money is unconstitutional for that reason. Is it not in the pleadge of allegiance that we affirm a belief in God?

Now an affirmation in a belief in God is much different than saying that you truly and undeniably believe in God. These recent "Seperation of Church and State" controversies are getting to critical. A similar one was the changing of the Pledge of Allegiance controversey.

If the program is a good program, then money should be available to it, beliefs aside, because it is the ultimate choice of every American to worship as he chooses. The programs they enjoy should not be burdened due to this fact, nor if they have some slogan that affirms these beliefs. That's like taxing an employer more for having Jewish employees.