Bay Area Judges Consider Policy on Boy Scouts (BARF-O-RAMA insanity. It's Freepin Time)

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[chance33_98]

Bay Area Judges Consider Policy on Boy Scouts

7/26/02

Judges in at least one other Bay Area county may soon be asked by local lawyers to follow the lead of San Francisco judges in refusing to participate in groups such as the Boy Scouts that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.

Earlier this month, the judges of San Francisco Superior Court became the first in the state to agree that they will not join any organization that discriminates or excludes members on the basis of sexual orientation.

Presiding Judge Ronald Quidachy said the policy adopted on July 11 accords with the local judges' longstanding tradition of seeking to "refrain from even the perception or appearance of any type of invidious discrimination.''

The policy decision came in the wake of a resolution by the San Francisco Bar Association in January urging judges to adopt such a policy.

Now, some other county bar associations may be following suit.

The Santa Clara County Bar Association Board of Trustees recently voted to encourage judges across the state and particularly in Santa Clara County to avoid membership in discriminatory organizations such as the Boy Scouts.

The Alameda County Bar Association Board of Directors is scheduled to consider the topic at its September meeting.

San Francisco Bar Association President Angela Bradstreet said the organization is in the process of approaching a number of metropolitan bar associations and local courts to ask them to consider adopting similar policies.

The Boy Scouts' policy of excluding homosexuals as members was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court two years ago.

[chance33_98]

I can't mail these scum from work, but when I am home tonight - They are getting some good old fashioned a$$ whooping emails.

[Tom Bombadil]

Earlier this month, the judges of San Francisco Superior Court became the first in the state to agree that they will not join any organization that discriminates or excludes members on the basis of sexual orientation.

The culture war rages. Support the Boy Scouts.

[Texbob]

The USA supreme court has already ruled the boy scouts are in the right. These panty waiste judges can just stick it in their ---! The Boy Scouts are going to send the queers back into the closet of Shame where they belong.

[alnick]

Forget about the well being of the children; it's all about the queers.

[RollingThunder]

Of course theses judges will probably support this. Imagine the gall of the Boy Scout Leaders. They want to insure that these young men are brought up on moral, ethical and religious standards that made this country great. But todays PC crowd want to use the Boy Scouts as a jumping-off point for there demented, pervert ideas. We cannot let this happen. We must help the Boy Scouts in there quest to teach true God-respecting values to these yong men.

[Texas Yellow Rose]

	"Imagine the gall of the Boy Scout Leaders. They want to insure that these young men are brought up on moral, ethical and religious standards that made this country great. But todays PC crowd want to use the Boy Scouts as a jumping-off point for there demented, pervert ideas. We cannot let this happen. We must help the Boy Scouts in there quest to teach true God-respecting values to these yong men."
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[John R. (Bob) Locke]

Imagine the hilarity of a group of judges and lawyers arguing against discrimination when they're among the most discriminating people in the country. Ever see the look a defendant gets from a judge when he declares that he'll be representing himself instead of paying someone from the "fraternity"?

And let's face it: Every single person in this world of ours discriminates based on some arbitrary, self-established set of criteria. That's why I get such a kick when I hear about someone (generally in the media) going off on someone else about this topic when I know full well that the person making the accusations is just as guilty at one level or another of the exact same thing.

[frossca]

Let's see now:

Ultra-liberal Bay Area judges and lawyers are going to refrain from interacting with growing and impressionable young boys. This is bad because...?

[yendu bwam]

Boy Scouts is growing rapidly in the San Francisco area. Why? Could it be that those S.F. parents want their sons to grow up with a deep reverence for God? With a deep understanding of the value of our country and the rights and duties of a patriotic citizen? With leaders who model what it is to be a good husband and father? With leaders who are not sexually attracted to their sons? With leaders who teach responsible leadership? The Boy Scouts is a great organization. My sons are benefiting from it immensely. And your sons are a thousand times safer there than in organizations that permit homosexuals close contact with teenage boys - like the Catholic Church, which has now suffered from thousands of teenage boy molestations at the hands of homosexual molester priests. To hell with these lawyers. If they want our sons to go out camping with homosexual men, we don't want these men in Boy Scouts.

[two23]

Why don't the sodomites orgnize THEIR own Scout organization and see how many parents are willing to sacrifice their sons to a "diverse and tolerant" gay-scouting agenda?
Why is it so hard for some to see that what these people REALLY want is easy access to young boys?

[yendu bwam]

Ultra-liberal Bay Area judges and lawyers are going to refrain from interacting with growing and impressionable young boys. This is bad because...?

Good one. And you're right. The Boy Scouts gains from their decision.

[yendu bwam]

The homosexuals would be smart to drop the Boy Scouts issue. They are losing it badly. Parents are totally ignoring them (we lost 2 out of 150 kids in our Cub Scout pack on this one). The Catholic Church scandal, with thousands of teenage boy molestations by homosexual priests, has cemented parents' good inclinations on this issue. If the homos keep going, they will have alientated just about every parent in the nation. But of course they won't desist. They're actually strengthening the Boy Scouts' stand on this, and they don't even know it!

[CurlyDave]

Why don't the sodomites orgnize THEIR own Scout organization and see how many parents are willing to sacrifice their sons to a "diverse and tolerant" gay-scouting agenda?

They could call it the "Booty Scouts"...

[robowombat]

Judge Ronald Quidachay displays his support for disciminating in favor of the right sort of folks, not mean anti-homo BSA members;

Too bad for Tom Taber and other white business owners in San Francisco. According to the San Francisco Examiner "The City's contracting preferences for women and minorities have survived another legal challenge.

"The state Supreme Court denied a hearing Wednesday in an appeal by a white contractor's salesman and three other local residents, suing as taxpayers. Their suit was based on Proposition 209, the 1996 initiative that outlawed preferences based on race or sex in state and local contracting, employment and education.

"A Superior Court judge and an appellate court refused to decide whether the set-asides would violate Prop. 209, instead saying the suit was premature because the ordinance had not been enforced and might never be needed. The state's high court unanimously denied review, without comment.

"The issue isn't going away, said attorney John Findley of the Pacific Legal Foundation, which filed the suit. He said the foundation had another suit pending, in both U.S. District Court and San Mateo County Superior Court, claiming illegal preferences in San Francisco's airport hiring policies. "I'm sure that there will be more to come, because San Francisco is one of the leaders in the massive resistance to the policies of non-discrimination set forth in Proposition 209," Findley said.

Marc Slavin, an attorney for the city, said "We feel very strongly that the ordinance that we have is designed to remedy ongoing discrimination for which The City is directly responsible, and we have a constitutional obligation to correct that problem," Slavin said. "We don't think Prop. 209 changes that."

"One plaintiff in the case decided Wednesday, salesman Tom Taber, said in the suit that he would lose commissions because his company would be unable to bid on city contracts on the same basis as firms owned by women and minorities.

"Superior Court Judge Ronald Quidachay dismissed the suit without a trial. The 1st District Court of Appeal upheld his ruling this April, saying none of the plaintiffs had shown any likelihood of "imminent or significant hardship" from the mere presence of the set-aside ordinance on the books."

Significantly, the Court did not comment on the racism inherent in city policies which give certain races preferential treatment in the award of city contracts. (Based on the San Francisco Examiner, 07/13/00 by Bob Egelko)
[ link http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/hotnews/stories/13/Bpreference.dtl ]

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