Posted on 02/09/2006 5:19:54 PM PST by Jay777
Troops of Boy Scouts in Macomb County and around the country are scuttling their organizational charter agreements with local governments, fearing legal action from the American Civil Liberties Union for requiring allegiance to God.
An official at the Boy Scouts of America’s regional Clinton Valley Council, which oversees most Scout troops in Macomb and Oakland counties, confirmed this week the group is directing dozens of local packs and troops to seek out new charter agreements in the private sector rather than with government bodies because of fears of possible litigation.
“This will allow us to focus our resources on the children and to continue helping them take part in activities and learn skills, rather than worry about lawsuits and defending the organizations that work with us,” said Kevin Nichols, a supervisor of charter organization and registration matters for the Clinton Valley Council of the Scouts in Waterford.
This pledge, along with any other required acknowledgment of God, poses a government endorsement or sanction of religion violating the Establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution — at least whenever it involves a Scout troop in a charter agreement with a government body, the ACLU has contended in recent litigation.
“There wasn’t really litigation threatened. We sent them (the Scouts) a letter saying that we’d noticed the number of these arrangements with government agencies and we were concerned,” said Ed Yohnka, a spokesman for the ACLU of Illinois where the controversy first originated. “And they’ve responded by informing us they will go ahead and alter those arrangements on their own.”
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ACLU is scum! A pox on them!
Well, there's part of yer trouble.
Sad.
Scout PING
"Stop the ACLU" INDEED! I would hate to see the Boy Scouts of America back down to this Communist organisation!
Go to court, BSA, I think you'd be amazed how many loyal Americans would contribute to your cause.
What did Americans ever do to deserve the ACLU?
Screw them.......
This Infuriates me Just why hasn't the government clamped down on these Commies.
I think this has been going on for a couple of years. I think it was about 3 years ago the charter for our local scouts changed from the township to the local Catholic parish. We're in the Philly suburbs.
Good question. And I don't see the attorneys on the right fighting and winning - or even fighting much.
"I seek social ownership of property, the abolition of the properties class, and sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal."
-- Roger Baldwin, leftist, anarchist, and Communist, was born in Wellesley MA and co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."
-- Norman Thomas, Socialist Party Presidential Candidate in 1940, 1944 and 1948, co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
"We can't expect the American people to jump from capitalism to communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have communism."
-- Nikita Kruschev, former Soviet Premier/dictator.
I would contribute to the Boy Scouts against the ACLU and do so gladly!
Why would anyone give money to the ACLU? Can't imagine.
We need to repeal this law that allows them to recover their attorneys' fees.
ALCU -----> STFU
This is sad .
Cute. Real cute.
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