California Supreme Court Okays Berkeley’s Discrimination Against Boy Scout Affiliate (Sea Scouts)

Pacific Legal Foundation ^ | March 9, 2006 | Pacific Legal Foundation

[daku]

For 50 years, the Sea Scouts have taught Bay Area kids to sail, and learn carpentry and plumbing by working on the Scouts’ ship in the Berkeley Marina. Like other local nonprofits, Berkeley allowed the group to berth at the marina for free. But in 1998, Berkeley officials demanded the group sever its affiliation with the Boy Scouts. Berkeley officials were retaliating against the Boy Scouts because of the group’s traditional values and membership policies--even though the those policies are protected by the First Amendment, according to the United States Supreme Court.


Is this ideology entirely about gayness ? Why can't inclusion minded types form an alternative group which includes all ?

They could exclude me and my kids,

and we could focus on more important things

[Ingtar]

What was previously abnormal behavior is now become the religion of our government. Humanism and Socialism have become the state religion that the Constitution tried to prohibit.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Five years from now, we'll be much closer to being part of Mexico. The Supreme Court will be largely irrelevant to the tidal wave of illegal immigration being ignored by this President. This is a human wave of millions of lawbreakers so what do they care about the musings of a Supreme Court?

[freepatriot32]

Libertarian ping.To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

No doubt the Sea Scouts berth will be occupied by the Thea Thcouts. They fags want want access to your young boys, and they won't be denied.

[ZULU]

AND the Jihaddists, AND the Communists, AND the criminals, AND the atheists, AND the pedophiles, AND the abortionists, etc. etc.

The ACLU is a pox on the face of America and should be actively baknrupted in countersuits,

Further, groups and individuals who contribute to this obscenity should be unmasked and exposed to public view.

[Vaduz]

Mexifornia what can we say.

[freedomdefender]

You still haven't answered me. If Berkeley charged Republicans to use its Marina, but let Democrats in free, would that be constitutional? Under your "logic" -- that nobody has a "right to taxpayer dollars" so government can pick and choose who gets them -- I fear that Berkeley would be free to charge Republicans but not Democrats.

However, the Constitution, as interpreted by the US Supreme Court, says differently: Government can't withhold access to govt programs or benefits based on somebody's viewpoint. So charging the Sea Scouts, while giving free entry to other nonprofits that are deemed politically correct -- is unconstitutional. Just as it would be illegal to charge Republicans but let Democrats and Greens in free.

[R.W.Ratikal]

The Sea Scouts would have been safe from the scorn of the California Supreme Court if they were made up of queers, anti-war activists or ecko-freaks.

Why has such a beautiful state been taken over by flakes?

[ndt]

"No doubt the Sea Scouts berth will be occupied by the Thea Thcouts. "

Is that a Spanish group?

[noblejones]

Work hard to pin this and all other destruction of America on the democRATS.