Posted on 09/09/2006 6:54:19 PM PDT by Jay777
An atheist mother represented by the ACLU complained that allowing Boy Scouts to recruit in public schools on the same basis as other groups discriminated against her atheist son who attends Portland public schools. In today's decision reversing a lower court decision, the Oregon Supreme Court emphatically concluded that "nothing that occurred in any public school program, service, or activity was discriminatory at all.""Giving Boy Scouts equal access is not discrimination," said Scouting spokesperson Robert H. Bork, Jr. "It is the law."
"The First Amendment and two federal statues require that Boy Scouts be given the same access to school facilities as other youth or community organizations," said Boy Scouts' attorney George A. Davidson. If the lower court's decision had been upheld, "every school district in Oregon would have been in jeopardy of losing federal funding."
Read more details at BSALegal.Org
This is a ridiculous lawsuit in the first place. I feel bad for the judges that had to listen to the arguments in this one. It seems to me that it was a "no duh" equal access case, and the Oregon Supreme Court came to the same conclusion. Thank goodness this case was dealt with using common sense.
Listen to the ridiculous response from the executive director of the Oregon ACLU.
David Fidanque, executive director of the Oregon ACLU, said the ruling turned on a technical definition of what constitutes discrimination in the schools.In theory, he argued, a hate group such as the Ku Klux Klan could make a presentation in an Oregon school about joining, and it would not be discrimination as long as it didn't mention it restricts membership to white people.
(Excerpt) Read more at stoptheaclu.com ...
The ACLU's hateful war against the BSA is one more good reason to support the Public Expression of Religion Act. Let's stop paying the ACLU to destroy America and freedom.
Any loss for the ACLU is a win for Americans.
Gotta love this!!!!!
"David Fidanque, executive director of the Oregon ACLU, said the ruling turned on a technical definition of what constitutes discrimination in the schools.
"In theory, he argued, a hate group such as the Ku Klux Klan . . ."
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What about a HATE GROUP like the ACLU?
Soros needs to fire his lawyers and get some new ones.
FANTASTIC graphic!!
Suppose they decided being a black kid was a basis for not being a scout, either. Would they still be allowed to recruit at schools? what does believing in a Sky God have to do with learning to pitch a tent? Is the BSA teaching self-reliance or religion?
It is also important to consider what privileges or immunities we are dealing with since a citizen has both privileges or immunities belonging to citizens of the United States and those given to him by a State Constitution and laws.In 1871 Bingham's home State of Ohio highest Court considered the question of whether the State had retained the right to establish separate schools for colored children under the Fourteenth Amendment. In the case of Garnes v. McCan, et al. (21 Ohio State Reports) had unanimously decided by a all Republican court that all privileges to a State school system are derived solely from the Constitution and laws of the State. "The privileges or immunities under the Fourteenth Amendment are those recognized by the US Constitution and belonging to US Citizens, and not those privileges or immunities that are the result of a State Constitution and laws belonging to citizens of a State," the court concluded.
"Equality of rights does not involve the necessity of educating white and colored persons in the same school any more than it does of educating children of both sexes in the same school, or that different grades of scholars must be kept in the same school," the court further added. What is important with this decision is the fact Bingham himself considered the courts ruling "just and proper" when later asked by Garfield if he had agreed with the court's interpretation under the new amendment to the Constitution.
P!$$ on the aclu , you commie b@$t@rd$
When is the ACLU going to stop molesting the Boy Scouts?
Another article about the BSA winning and the disgusting ACLU losing.
I stole it right here on FR. I only steal from the best! :)
When is the ACLU going to stop molesting the Boy Scouts?
LOL!
One for the oregon ping...
Good job.
DesertCoyote is on the Residence Hall Council again and the first meeting is next week sooooooo...... you should be getting a Freepmail from her before Halloween.
Thanks. I'm ready.
Thanks for a great post. "Jihad with a law degree" indeed.
Well, I suppose the mother will now see if she can sue the Girl Scouts for not even allowing her son to join.
Hmmmm. Interesting idea. Being a 46 yr. old male, can I sue the girl scouts for not letting me in?
I'm sure it can't be that hard. All you have to do is call up the ACLU and say that you hate Christians, and you got yourself a lawyer.
Ahem, ACLU drove me to be a monthly contributor to Boy Scout of America...Hehehe.
It seems pretty clear to me. Maybe they left that part out of the "emanations and penumbra" version.
The ACLU should be prepared for more humiliation at the hands of the trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, in-your-face, cheerful, thrifty brave, clean and reverent troops.
(proud Life Scout)
Bump
ACLU = Anti-american Communist Letigation Union
What about a HATE GROUP like ISLAM?
Times sure have changed. I was actually a Cub Scout back in...well along time ago. I could never imagine being attacked by a band of hateful liberals like the ACLU. This is unreal to me.
But how much did it cost the BSA to defend against this lawsuit?
Islam is an group oppressed by Haters of the Right-Wing Christian persuasion.
Ask CAIR and the ACLU.
They will give you the details.
The problem is, these court battles are incredibly expensive for the BSA to defend. That's money that when spent on lawyers cannot be used for the boys and their programs.
The ACLU is trying to kill the BSA with a thousand cuts.
They are one and the same buddy, one and the same...
I got in last year at 43.
They needed a experienced leader to take a group to Minnesota's Boundary Waters. Was an interesting interview...
The Boy Scouts teach that self-reliance is dependent upon acknowledgment of human imperfection, and a reverent acceptance of a Higher Power (doesn't matter to us which one you choose) as an example of perfection to emulate.
We call this concept, in a word, humility.
The Scout Oath includes the words "On my honor, I will do my best, to do my duty, to G-d and my country." Taking that oath is part of being a Boy Scout. It doesn't specifically say "what G-d," which is why Boy Scouts were found in nearly every country of the world, generally with the exception of many communist countries.
If you don't want to take that oath, to profess a belief in G-d, you don't have to. In fact, I think that you should form your own "Athiest Scouts," where you don't have to take that oath. In fact you could set up an oath disavowing any belief in G-d for your members.
Mark
Nothing, but pitching a tent is a very tiny part of what Boy Scouts teach.
Is the BSA teaching self-reliance or religion?
Yes to both, they teach self reliance and Christian mores.
My thoughts precisely (I think the stark irony of your post was lost on most here.)
When is the ACLU going to be barred from receiving tax--payer funds for financing lawsuits against the Boy Scouts and Christians??
I haven't heard any ACLU condemnation of the DNC tactics regarding The Path to 9/11. Have you?
Nope.
We won't hear any complaints from the ACLU about the Left trying to stifle any revelation of their ineptitude at confronting evil.
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"Suppose they decided being a black kid was a basis for not being a scout, either. Would they still be allowed to recruit at schools? what does believing in a Sky God have to do with learning to pitch a tent? Is the BSA teaching self-reliance or religion?"
A poor attempt to distract from the point at hand.
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