The Nation - News from Aug. 4, 1985
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A 15-year-old boy from Shepherdstown, W.Va., must resign from the Boy Scouts because he does not believe in God, said Carl Hunter, director of the Stonewall Jackson Area Council, citing a decision by the Boy Scout national council. Paul Trout, a junior who attends boarding school in Charlottesville, Va., and belongs to a Scout group there, was denied a Life Scout promotion several months ago because he said he did not believe in God. The decision to expel him was reached last week.
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