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Statement of Boy Scouts of America: Court Rules Boy Scout Jamboree to Go Forward IRVING, Texas, April 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Boy Scouts of America is pleased that the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit dismissed the ACLU's lawsuit against the Department of Defense for supporting the National Scout Jamboree. For more than 25 years, Boy Scouts have held the National Scout Jamboree every four years at Fort A.P. Hill near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Scouts from all over the country camp together for ten days and participate in activities emphasizing physical fitness, appreciation of the outdoors, and patriotism. Seven...

BOY SCOUTS COMMENTS ON SUPREME COURT DECLINING TO HEAR SEA SCOUTS CASE Irving, TX / October 16, 2006 — Boy Scouts of America is disappointed that the United States Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a California Supreme Court decision affecting Sea Scouts in the City of Berkeley. In 1998, the City of Berkeley sought to punish the Sea Scouts by revoking their free use of berth space unless Boy Scouts of America changed its constitutionally-protected membership policies. In March of this year, the California Supreme Court rejected the Sea Scouts’ First Amendment challenge to the City’s...

House passes Public Expression of Religion Act The House of Representatives yesterday passed the Public Expression of Religion Act of 2006 (PERA, HR 2679) by a vote of 244 to 173. Here is the text of the Act as passed. Here is the statement issued today by the Boy Scouts of America: Boy Scouts of America appreciates Congress’ interest in the litigation facing Boy Scouts and the solution Congress is pursuing in the “Veterans’ Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006.” For the past decade, Boy Scouts as well as federal, state,...

Boy Scouts filed a friend of the court brief with the Supreme Court of the United States this week supporting the reversal of the California Supreme Court's decision in Evans v. Berkeley. As Boy Scouts explained in its brief, “For Boy Scouts, speech is no longer free in Berkeley.” Following Boy Scouts’ victory in Curran v. Mount Diablo Council before the California Supreme Court in 1998, the City of Berkeley decided to punish a group of Sea Scouts by revoking their free use of berth space in the City marina. City Councilmembers made clear that they wanted to punish the...

PORTLAND - A long, drawn-out fight over the Boy Scouts of America has finally come to an end. The battle pits the Scouts against an atheist mother with the Oregon Supreme Court settling the score. The question is whether Scout should be allowed to recruit at Portland schools. Nancy Powell says no -- because they promote a belief in God. She filed a discrimination complaint 10 years ago when her first-grader was required to listen to a Boy Scout recruiting presentation. But a supreme court opinion released this week says the organization did not discriminate since they extended the offer...

Rob Rescues The Cub Scouts NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2006 Rob Mariano pitching in for the Cub Scouts. (CBS/The Early Show) (CBS) This week's Rob to the Rescue taught The Early Show a thing or two about Boston Rob. Deep in his past, long before he made his mark on "Survivor" and the "Amazing Race," he was a Cub Scout. So when a call for help came from Pack 101 in Waterville, Ohio, he packed his bags and hit the road. The call was from Annette Gustafson, who volunteered to be an assistant scout leader for her son's Cub Scout...