"Of course, the National Association of Black Social Workers have every right to restrict their membership, and their conference attendance, as they see fit."
Then why didn't the Boy Scouts of America have every right to restrict a homosexual from being a leader?
"Then why didn't the Boy Scouts of America have every right to restrict a homosexual from being a leader?"
Uh, they did, and do. You must have missed the court case that decided that.
As I said, "The problem is...that social-conscience-forces intrude upon such a private matter in other situations."
A tit-for-tat mentality on this kind of issue only legitimizes the concept that government belongs in the arena of dictating our choices of association. Just because there are hypocrites who want government to selectively dictate choices of association to private groups, don't be pulled into that mindset.