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ACLU: Boy Scouts shouldn't be allowed to meet in public schools [Boulder, CO]
Boulder Daily Camera ^ | 08/02/2010 | Brittany Anas

Posted on 08/02/2010 12:39:22 PM PDT by Pyro7480

Boy Scouts shouldn't be able to meet in Boulder's public schools because they openly discriminate against gays, according to the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Johanna Blumenthal, with the Boulder County ACLU, sent a letter today to officials with the Boulder Valley School District arguing that the Boy Scouts are a discriminatory group because they have openly defended the right to exclude homosexuals from membership.

The ACLU raised the same concern in 2001, but is now buffering its argument with a recent Supreme Court ruling. The ACLU is asking the district to change its policies so that groups that use school buildings must comply with district policies.

One of those rules prohibits interfering with a student's opportunities or benefits on the basis of the individuals “race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, age, disability or religion.”

The district's current policy does not require the Boy Scouts, or other groups using school buildings, to comply with the district's policies to receive reduced rental rates. The school district though “reserves the right” to deny use of its building for any activity that violates its rules.

“We again pose the question to the BVSD Board of Education: Is it the policy of the District to subsidize a youth organization that openly discriminates based on sexual orientation?,” the letter from Blumenthal says. The ACLU is citing the Supreme Court's ruling in the CLS vs. Martinez case....

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: aclu; antiamericanism; antichristian; boulder; boyscouts; bsa; culturewars; faggots; homosexualagenda; lavendermafia; liberalfascism; naughtyteacherslist; promolestation; sexualizingchildren
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To: Pyro7480

It’s not fair that grown up male homosexuals can’t have unmonitored sleepovers with young boys. < /ACLU >


21 posted on 08/02/2010 1:01:00 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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To: Pyro7480
The Boy Scouts should get the hell out of the public schools and stay out.

The should accept nothing from the government, and by doing so they will not have to answer to or even address the government in any way.

Churches and other private buildings should open their doors to the Boy Scouts and allow them to exist freely without any interference.

The Boy Scouts is an organization whose history and mission is too noble to allow themselves to be put in a position where they are in any way answerable to the toads of government.

22 posted on 08/02/2010 1:02:17 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead

It’s a far cry from the days when Gerald Ford appeared in an ad promoting scouting.


23 posted on 08/02/2010 1:03:45 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Pyro7480

...........Johanna Blumenthal....

Sounds like a good muslim girl, a descendent of Abraham. Her name is on the list


24 posted on 08/02/2010 1:06:54 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Greetings Jacques. The revolution is coming)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Unfortunately Boulder, Colorado is always Someplace East of Suez. They never read the First Amendment.
25 posted on 08/02/2010 1:06:57 PM PDT by ANGGAPO (Leyte Gulf Beach Club)
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To: Pyro7480
Public school property is available for public meetings when school is not in session. That includes church congregations meeting in a cafeteria on Sunday mornings. The ACLU is off base (as usual).
26 posted on 08/02/2010 1:09:32 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: JamesA

27 posted on 08/02/2010 1:12:33 PM PDT by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: Pyro7480
Good thing these fools weren't around here. While my synagogue was being rebuilt, we met most of the two years in the neighboring Jr. High School; except on Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippor when we took over the High School!

ML/NJ

28 posted on 08/02/2010 1:21:23 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: Pyro7480

ACLU shouldn’t be allowed standing in American courts!

They are by design and charter anti-American.


29 posted on 08/02/2010 1:23:11 PM PDT by G Larry (Democrats: expediting the Destruction of America, before they lose power...)
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To: RonF; AppauledAtAppeasementConservat; Looking for Diogenes; Congressman Billybob; ...

Boy Scouts v.s ACLU


30 posted on 08/02/2010 1:26:35 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Pyro7480

I guess that means that NAMBLA would be permissable to use the facilities per ACLU. Does anybody know where those commie shysters get their income from?


31 posted on 08/02/2010 1:34:48 PM PDT by secondamendmentkid
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To: Pyro7480

I have an idea!

Government schools shouldn’t be allowed to host the Boy Scouts. If they are ALL completely shut down and turned into prisons, they there would be no government schools to do the hosting.


32 posted on 08/02/2010 1:34:53 PM PDT by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
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To: RobinOfKingston
aclu shouldn’t be allowed to meet ... end of sentence.
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Government schools shouldn't be allowed to meet! Padlock the doors and do a minor refit on the buildings for use as prisons.

33 posted on 08/02/2010 1:40:13 PM PDT by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
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To: JamesA

Better yet the ACLU should dry up and blow away.

Let us pray!


34 posted on 08/02/2010 1:53:24 PM PDT by Bitsy
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Fortunately there are plenty of Churches that will welcome Boy Scout troops into their building.

They already do :)
35 posted on 08/02/2010 1:56:54 PM PDT by derekr44
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To: Pyro7480

I don’t know of any troops who meet anymore in public schools

I guess the GS are out too, since they don’t admit boys


36 posted on 08/02/2010 2:02:41 PM PDT by silverleaf (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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To: Egon

Are the parents of Scouts required to pay taxes to support schools in Boulder, huh ACLU?? Go munch a queer and mind yer own business aclu.


37 posted on 08/02/2010 2:04:05 PM PDT by Waco (From Seward to Sarah)
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To: NormsRevenge
Why is the aclu so afraid of God anyway? much less the boy scouts?

That's a good question.

38 posted on 08/02/2010 2:04:16 PM PDT by Floratina
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To: Pyro7480

My question would be how would a boy know whether he’s homosexual at that young age? But the homo-nazis like to plant the seed pretty early nowadays.


39 posted on 08/02/2010 2:45:48 PM PDT by fwdude (Anita Bryant was right.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Fortunately there are plenty of Churches that will welcome Boy Scout troops into their building.

Unfortunately, the Scouts will be chased wherever they go, because the preversionphiles can't stand the thought of anyone not gushing over their gayness. Here's how it will play out: Scouts find Church sponsor willing to lend the use of their facilities; ACLU whines because the Church is tax-exempt, hence, "subsidized" by the state; state law requires the lionization of LBTXYZMIT persons in all cases; therefore, the Church must do the state's bidding.

40 posted on 08/02/2010 2:54:28 PM PDT by fwdude (Anita Bryant was right.)
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