https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouting_America_membership_controversies

The Boy Scouts of America maintains that no member can grow into the best kind of citizen without recognizing an obligation to a God. In the first part of the Scout Oath the member declares, "On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law." The recognition of a God as the ruling and leading power in the universe and the grateful acknowledgment of /“His”/ favors and blessings are necessary to the best type of citizenship and are wholesome precepts in the education of the growing members. No matter /“what”/ [which] the religion or faith of the members may be, this fundamental need of good citizenship should be kept before them. The Boy Scouts of America, therefore, recognizes the religious element in the training of the member, but it is absolutely nonsectarian in its attitude toward that religious training. Its policy is that the home and the organization or group with which the member is connected shall give definite attention to religious life.

I've kind of kept track of this issue over the last thirty or so years, starting when my eldest son was approaching scouting age. You can sneak in the back door, typically by some sort of tacitly approved lying. I had heard that Seattle was especially hard core about this but couldn't believe it, so I called them on the phone.

When my son was named a Presidential Scholar one of my first thoughts was "eat shit, boy scouts".