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Air cadets rewrite their oath to remove God from pledge. One of the UK's largest and most respected youth organisations will no longer compel its new members to take a religious oath.
In a move that delighted the British Humanist Association (BHA), the Air Cadet Organisation, which was formed in 1938 and played a key role in the second world war, is to offer future cadets the option of a non-religious oath. The decision follows a campaign by the BHA and the United Kingdom Armed Forces Humanist Association (UKAFHA), after they had argued that the organisation needed to recognise that many of its recruits were non-believers.
The development is likely to be studied closely by other youth organisations. Both the Scout Association and Girlguiding UK are consulting on changing their pledges so that they are inclusive of young people without a specific faith. With almost 41,000 members, aged from 13 to 20, in more than 1,000 squadrons across the UK, the Air Cadets describes itself as the world's largest youth air-training organisation.
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