Posted on 05/08/2009 4:40:49 PM PDT by kellynla
ANN ARBOR, MI – The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) joined forces to file a friend of the court brief asking the United States Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals penalizing San Diego Boy Scouts because of their “morally straight” values.
At issue in the case are leases from the City of San Diego allowing the San Diego Boy Scouts to build and operate campgrounds and an aquatic center for use by the Scouts and the public. Lesbian and agnostic couples, who had never visited the facilities, sued the Scouts on a claim that they felt offended by the fact that the City leases the public property to a “morally straight” organization such as the Boy Scouts. There were no religious symbols at the facilities.
Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center commented, “We are pleased to join forces with ADF in this is important case to protect the Boy Scouts of America. Radical homosexuals are attempting to use every means possible to destroy the Scouts despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that recognized their First Amendment right to have a morally-based policy excluding homosexual involvement.”
According to the Scout Oath, a Boy Scout is “to do duty to God and country… and to keep morally straight.” The lawsuit against the Scouts was brought by a self-proclaimed “agnostic” couple and a lesbian couple.
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Boy Scouts - thumbs up!
BUMP
Fight! Fight! Fight!!!
Screw them.
I can’t believe there aren’t some conservatives with land out there who can offer it up to the scouts for use and tell those people to go pound sand.
for crying out loud..why don’t these whiners start their OWN scouts??
Liberalism is destructive, never constructive.
They already did.
This is ALL about Communism which is all about tearing down everything that is good about America.
So no more Perverted Queer Parades on public property either then, I take it.
Well, we know why.
Because they hate what the Scouts promote. Hey, I was a Boy Scout once, and I will say we weren’t Boy Scouts. We were boys, and we did all the crazy things boys do, sometimes the opposite of what the Scouts proscribe.
But, we learned a lot. We learned how to improvise, be self-sufficient, and, yes...even be responsible.
They hate that stuff. They can’t stand it when someone actually proposes a standard to try to meet, it is why they take such joy when conservatives DON’T meet their standards.
But at least we, and the Scouts have standards that we aim for. If you don’t have a target, you can’t put one through the bulls eye.
I wonder if the lesbians and male homos and the bi’s and the tri’s and the ‘those who prefer animals’ and the ‘those who prefer prepubesent youth’ and the agnostics and etc., etc., will EVER stop. Ever. They are one perverted group of creeps.
I’m offended that these people are offended.
; )
Maybe I could sue them.
Why not? Apparently, it's the American way! Too many lawyers chasing too few clients - what would an economist say?
That it is more important to destroy others’ beliefs and morality is evil.
Vice. Purely vice, and vicious.
“Maybe I could sue them.”
Hate speech and crime on their part. That’s a plan in the making.
let’s see....an agnostic couple and a lesbian couple....really no such thing, basically a couple of lesbians and a couple of agnostics......lesbian couple indeed...get serious
“for crying out loud..why don’t these whiners start their OWN scouts??”
Because virtually no one would join. Would you send your son on a week long camping trip with a homosexual group of leaders?
So, they prefer to destroy a great organization that is very popular for families with kids.
There are some conservatives with ranches near Lake Hemet that make their land available for scouting activities. That works well for a scheduled weekend outing where the long drive is acceptable. That isn't the case with the summer merit badge programs. Most of the scouts who attend them depend on getting a quick ride up to Balboa Park where a parent can drop them off for a few hours to perform service projects or specific merit badge tasks.
As a Scout, I pedaled my bicycle all over San Diego county to reach merit badge counselors for music, bugling, firemanship, nature, electronics, electricity and a couple others. Cooking was handled between home and some overnight camping trips. Citizenship in the Nation and Citizenship in the Community were also handled on my bike. Riding to La Mesa from Chula Vista was the longest of the treks to a merit badge counselor.
Terrific, eolquent post.
Thanks...but it was true. We WEREN’T “Boy Scouts”...we actually got kicked out of a jamboree for throwing eggs instead of eating them for breakfast.
But even that helped me. I learned there were limits to what would be tolerated, even in an organization that was fairly tolerant because it knew boys were boys.
Scouts under attack again!
I been camping at the Balboa scout camp.. back in the 70”s
La Mesa to Chula Vista on bike.. dang.. never did that one.. rode to downtown a few times from Lake Murray
My dad was an Eagle Scout. He earned 42 merit badges. That was an example for me. He was also a naval officer. Most of my life, he was at sea. Mom took care of the daily household chores. I did the things my dad wasn't around to handle. That included installing a gas water heater, repairing the controller on the gas forced air heater (I rode my bike to National City to purchase the last controller in stock). I rode my bike to Sears in downtown Chula Vista to purchase a replacement spring for the garage door. It was "interesting" doing the install. I had little choice as dad's ship was in Hawaii and mom had flown out to visit for a few days. The industrious things I learned in scouting provided the skills and troubleshooting practice. BTW, I earned 3 merit badges during mom's trip to Hawaii.
I can safely say that making Eagle comes with lots of help from a devoted mother. Most of that was transportation to merit badge counselors. My mom even grabbed a stopwatch to help me practice the "disrobe in under 60 seconds" drill required in the lifesaving merit badge.
I actually made the Chula Vista to La Mesa trip many times on my bike. The object of my affection was the Heathkit store. I've been fascinated by electricity and electronics since I was in kindergarten. Those long bike rides culminated in hours of solder smoke and nifty end products. Many were ham radio accessories. Others were computer boards.
La Mesa to Chula Vista on bike.. dang.. never did that one.. rode to downtown a few times from Lake Murray
Lake Murray to downtown San Diego or La Mesa? I've only visited Lake Murray twice while I lived in San Diego. The visits were during the summer and temperatures were approaching 110 degrees. We didn't stay long.
I lived two blocks for the golf couse side of lake Murray, fished lots of time.. to downtown SD my dad worked in Hillcrest so we rode our bikes to his office, had lunch then to downtown, I remember the Heathkit store in La Mesa, never bought anything tho
OH wow, My dad work at the Hillcrest Pacbell office, I dont remember what street it was on, just it was off of the 163,
he work at 525 b also in 68
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