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Title: B'nai Brith's ADL - Pro-queer, anti-Boy Scouts
Source: planetout.com
URL Source: http://www.planetout.com/news/election/article.html?2006/03/10/1
Published: Mar 10, 2006
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2006-03-15 20:22:01 by bluegrass
Ping List: *New History*
Keywords: Pro-queer,, anti-Boy, Briths
Views: 410
Comments: 9

Unlike other nonprofit groups, a Boy Scout branch in Berkeley, Calif., must pay city marina fees for its boating activities because of the national organization's discriminatory policies, the California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

Because the Boy Scouts of America bans gays and atheists from membership, the affiliated Berkeley Sea Scouts are not in compliance a 1997 nondiscrimination law and thus are not eligible for the fee waiver, the court ruled.

The group argued that the city's denial of the waiver violated free speech and freedom of association rights.

"What the California Supreme Court said was that private clubs can discriminate, but the taxpayers don't have to fund that discrimination," said Berkeley City Attorney Manuela Albuquerque.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that the Boy Scouts of America can legally bar certain groups of people -- namely gays and atheists -- from joining.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which filed an amicus brief in the case supporting the city of Berkeley, cheered Thursday's ruling.

"We are very pleased that the court delivered this blow to those who would discriminate and use the First Amendment to mask intolerance," said Jonathan Bernstein, ADL regional director. "The government has a responsibility to demand that a group it supports not discriminate, and the court did just that."

Scouting for All, a group dedicated to restoring "unbiased values of scouting," called the ruling "a victory for human rights."

Bob Bork, a spokesman for the Boy Scouts, told the Associated Press the ruling is "another in a continuing legal backlash against the Boy Scouts."

The Sea Scouts is a branch of the Boy Scouts that teaches skills in sailing, carpentry and plumbing to its members. The group pays $500 to berth one boat in the marina; the group moved two other boats because it could not afford the rent.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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#1. To: bluegrass (#0)

Why would homosexuals want to be in the Boy Scouts? Hey, wait a minute....could it be...there are young boys there?

"I aim to misbehave" -- Mal Reynolds, Firefly

YertleTurtle  posted on  2006-03-15   20:25:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: YertleTurtle (#1)

Why would the ADL want queers in the Boy Scouts? Wait a sec...could it help to destroy kids?

Feneration is slow death of community and culture.

bluegrass  posted on  2006-03-15   20:30:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: bluegrass (#2)

Why would the ADL want queers in the Boy Scouts?

Don't forget...the Boy Scouts are supposed to "Christian" based. They must be destroyed according to the ADL.

Grumble Jones  posted on  2006-03-15   20:35:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Grumble Jones (#3)

I bet the ADL wishes it was as easy to wreck the Boy Scouts as it is to burn down churches.

Feneration is slow death of community and culture.

bluegrass  posted on  2006-03-15   20:40:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: bluegrass (#2)

Why would the ADL want queers in the Boy Scouts? Wait a sec...could it help to destroy kids?

Hmmm...Jews, atheists and queers attempting....no, wait, all three groups are mostly the same thing! "Attack of the JAQ Monster," maybe?

"I aim to misbehave" -- Mal Reynolds, Firefly

YertleTurtle  posted on  2006-03-15   20:42:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: YertleTurtle (#5)

Imagine how alienated I must feel as an athiest jew-neutral anti-zionist government loving anti-socialist liberal fascist suck-up mental case hillbilly.

Thanks for Prohibition and the war against drugs. Thanks for a country where nobody's allowed to mind the own business. Thanks for a nation of finks. Yes, thanks for all the memories-- all right let's see your arms!- William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2006-03-15   20:47:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: YertleTurtle (#5)

Jews, atheists and queers attempting....no, wait, all three groups are mostly the same thing!

That's just gay-hating anti-semitism. There's no proof that they work together. ; )

Feneration is slow death of community and culture.

bluegrass  posted on  2006-03-15   21:16:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Grumble Jones (#3)

Don't forget...the Boy Scouts are supposed to "Christian" based.

Actually, they're mostly Catholic-based, but they will accept anyone who thinks there might possibly be a creator somewhere. Only hardcore atheists can't meet the criteria, and how many 12-year-old hardcore atheists are there?

mirage  posted on  2006-03-15   21:43:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Dakmar (#6)

Imagine how alienated I must feel as an athiest jew-neutral anti-zionist government loving anti-socialist liberal fascist suck-up mental case hillbilly.

I tried to say that without taking a breath and I couldn't do it.

"I aim to misbehave" -- Mal Reynolds, Firefly

YertleTurtle  posted on  2006-03-16   5:54:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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