Reply #36: That's amazing!

[ThomCat]

Most people I knew heard about it and knew about it as early as webelos at scouting events.

I've also rarely ever heard the Scout Oath and Law discussed and explained, even among older boys, without the issues coming up.

"On my honor, I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight."

That whole "do do my duty to god" and "morally straight" part are the basis of the exclusions of atheists and gays, and when discussion the oath and law with older boys I OFTEN heard it turn into discussions about Atheists and Gays. If you didn't, well, you were in a very different type of troop.