Posted on 05/30/2006 3:17:33 PM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Tuesday from an atheist father over Boy Scout recruiting at his son's public school.
John Scalise had asked the court to bar public schools from opening their doors to Boy Scout recruiters and promoting membership, arguing that the group discriminates against nonreligious boys and parents by denying them membership if they don't swear to religious oaths.
Scalise's dispute with the Scouts dates back to 1998, when his son was a third-grader in Mount Pleasant, Mich.
He claims he and his son were barred from a Scout program at the elementary school because they would not pledge "to do my duty to God and my country." They are nonreligious Humanists.
Michigan courts ruled that the school-Scout partnership did not advance religion in violation of constitutional dictates.
Attorneys for the Scouts and Mount Pleasant school system told justices that the appeal was frivolous.
A Michigan appeals court said that Mount Pleasant schools allowed other organizations to use class facilities, including a hospital group, an Indian tribe, a Baptist church, and a hockey association.
Scalise argued that his son, Benjamin, was taunted by classmates and humiliated by a Boy Scout recruiter in front of other students. Benjamin Scalise is now 17.
The Supreme Court's last Boy Scout case was in 2000. Justices ruled 5-4 at the time that the Boy Scouts can bar gays from serving as troop leaders. The ruling was written by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who died last year.
Scalise's attorney, Timothy Taylor of Mount Pleasant, said taxpayer-funded schools are too cozy with the Boy Scouts.
"It's going on all over the country and has been for decades," he said.
I agree with your assessment of Scalise but if we attack him personally we make it about him rather than about the more important issue. That's usually what these types of people want, focus on them. What is to be celebrated is that the will of the people has been served over the PC interests of the individual.
Agreed, and I believe we are going to see a long line of well reasoned decisions, even if we don't always agree with them.
The Boy Scouts should sue this "humanist" and his assclown attorney for the legal expenses they incurred fighting off this frivolous lawsuit. That might shut them both up if they ain't got a pot to pi** in!!!
So, are you saying that since it would cost us money, we should just knuckle under to the athiests and homos?
If this nimrod had won the Boy Scouts would have had to rename the God and Country award to the the non-existent one and Country award?
FYI
Scalia and Alito refuse Scalise.
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What unsung, plain old AMERICAN HEROES Scalis and his mouthpiece are. Why, if the Boy Scouts get a foot in the door at these heretofore perfect and untouchable taxpayer-funded schools who knows what might happen next? Responsibility? Self-reliance? Helping old ladies across the street?
The funniest part is that the lawyer seems to think he's revealed some deep dark secret! Idiots both.
Actually, I think there is such a Scout group called Earth Scouts or Spiral Scouts or something.
Yes, but if the leftist pukes had their way his next appeal would be to the World Court where I can guaran-freakin-tee you he would have a sympathetic ear.
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Hip Hip Hooray!!!!! A victory for the Scouts!
Malignant narcissism. The world must conform to ME, ME, ME!!!!!!
Donate directly to the Scouts as some United Way programs have been withdrawing their support because of their non-homo troop leader policy.
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