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(RNS1-jan29) The potential policy shift toward gay Boy Scout members raises a question about another group shut out of Scouting: atheists, who decline to say the Boy Scout Oath because it begins: “On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law.” For use with RNS-SCOUTS-ATHEISTS, transmitted on January 29, 2013, RNS photo courtesy Shutterstock.com.