Comments on: No More Queen for Scottish Muslim Scouts http://www.boyandgirlscouts.com/religion/no-more-queen-for-scottish-muslim-scouts/ Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts under one roof... with proper supervision, of course. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:37:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1-RC1 hourly 1 By: Blogs vs Twitter II « JC Shepard http://www.boyandgirlscouts.com/religion/no-more-queen-for-scottish-muslim-scouts/comment-page-1/#comment-3069 Blogs vs Twitter II « JC Shepard Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:03:46 +0000 http://www.boyandgirlscouts.com/?p=2379#comment-3069 [...] blog  in that post, then saw him tweet about muslim Scouts in Scotland and their special Oath.  Hmm.  Maybe a topic for a follow-up post, so a quick [...] [...] blog  in that post, then saw him tweet about muslim Scouts in Scotland and their special Oath.  Hmm.  Maybe a topic for a follow-up post, so a quick [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.boyandgirlscouts.com/religion/no-more-queen-for-scottish-muslim-scouts/comment-page-1/#comment-3067 admin Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:44:53 +0000 http://www.boyandgirlscouts.com/?p=2379#comment-3067 Yeah, but the document you cited indicated the use of "the country in which I am now living" is for other nationalities living in the UK. I don't understand how that has stretched to other religions as cited in the original article unless the author misunderstood the information you have shared which seems entirely plausible. A UK citizen of any nationality should be able to pledge to the Queen since that is the governmental form. Yeah, but the document you cited indicated the use of “the country in which I am now living” is for other nationalities living in the UK. I don’t understand how that has stretched to other religions as cited in the original article unless the author misunderstood the information you have shared which seems entirely plausible. A UK citizen of any nationality should be able to pledge to the Queen since that is the governmental form.

]]> By: Walter Underwood http://www.boyandgirlscouts.com/religion/no-more-queen-for-scottish-muslim-scouts/comment-page-1/#comment-3066 Walter Underwood Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:28:35 +0000 http://www.boyandgirlscouts.com/?p=2379#comment-3066 Scouts UK supports modified versions of the Scout Promise for different religions. The document I found is version 3 from 2006, so this is nothing new. This fact sheet explains accepted variations (including those in the news article) and the reasons behind them, including why Scouts of some faiths cannot use the traditional Promise. http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs322016.pdf The BSA really should do something similar, but they seem pretty ignorant abut the details of different faiths. For example, it is a big stretch to make the "obligation to God" in the Declaration of Religions Principles work for Buddhists. One of our local troops is chartered by a Buddhist temple. Scouts UK supports modified versions of the Scout Promise for different religions. The document I found is version 3 from 2006, so this is nothing new. This fact sheet explains accepted variations (including those in the news article) and the reasons behind them, including why Scouts of some faiths cannot use the traditional Promise.

http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs322016.pdf

The BSA really should do something similar, but they seem pretty ignorant abut the details of different faiths. For example, it is a big stretch to make the “obligation to God” in the Declaration of Religions Principles work for Buddhists. One of our local troops is chartered by a Buddhist temple.

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