Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

ACLU takes on Boy Scouts in 9th Circuit
Worldnet Daily ^ | February 11, 2006 | Unknown

Posted on 02/11/2006 9:58:48 AM PST by Jay777

An ACLU lawsuit on behalf of an agnostic, lesbian couple seeking to nullify the Boy Scouts’ long-standing lease with a San Diego park will be heard in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, widely regarded as the nation’s most liberal.

The city of San Diego is appealing a U.S. District Court judge’s ruling in 2003, which determined the agreement violates the First Amendment’s ban on state-sponsored religion.

Oral arguments will begin Tuesday morning in Pasadena, Calif. A decision is expected later this year.

Judge Napoleon Jones said in his 2003 ruling the Boy Scouts are a religious organization with a “religious purpose” because adult leaders and youth members are required to believe in a “formal deity” and to swear duty to God.

Backers of the Boy Scouts argue that while the group promotes belief in God, it represents no particular denomination or religion. Individual troops can be sponsored by a church, synagogue, mosque or secular organization.

The local Desert Pacific Council of the Boy Scouts has used the northwest corner of Balboa Park, near the San Diego Zoo, since 1940. It has leased the land for $1 a year since 1957, and the city council approved a 25-year lease agreement at the end of 2001.

The Boy Scouts argue Camp Balboa and a nearby city facility maintained at their expense, the Youth Aquatic Center, are used extensively on a first-come, first-served basis by the public as well as by Scouts. The plaintiffs have never even tried to use the facilities, they maintain.

The ACLU represents Lori and Lynn Barnes-Wallace and their “Boy Scout-aged sons.”

(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 9thcircuit; aclu; aclulist; balboapark; boyscouts; bsa; culturewars; hellbound; homosexualagenda; lawsuit; sandiego; stoptheaclu
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-59 next last
READ MORE AND TAKE ACTION AT STOP THE ACLU
1 posted on 02/11/2006 9:58:49 AM PST by Jay777
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Jay777

These people are despicable wastes of skin.


2 posted on 02/11/2006 10:00:00 AM PST by szweig
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RepCath; Liz; IronJack; Grampa Dave; MeekOneGOP; Iris7; wkdaysoff; EdReform; Nick Danger; ...
PING!
3 posted on 02/11/2006 10:01:40 AM PST by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Jay777
Your and my tax dollars at work. The ACLU will make several thousands on this one paid for by the American people. These anti-American scum will laugh and wallow in their own excrement as they spend our tax money.
4 posted on 02/11/2006 10:01:55 AM PST by YOUGOTIT
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RonF; AppauledAtAppeasementConservat; Da Jerdge; Looking for Diogenes; Congressman Billybob; ...
I recommend that everyone get and read the book "The ACLU vs. America"


5 posted on 02/11/2006 10:03:47 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: szweig

Lesbians going after Scouts just evokes the incident in Lot where the lusty citizens of Sodom wanted to get to 'know' the two Strangers Lot was harboring. Where is this leading to?


6 posted on 02/11/2006 10:04:01 AM PST by Calusa ( "The ACLU, ... has grown tiresome...does not embody the reasonable person.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Calusa

Just keep it up ninth circuit. You are personally destroying the Democrat party.


7 posted on 02/11/2006 10:06:27 AM PST by kjo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Jay777

Considering this is the Ninth Circuit, the Scouts will lose this one. They can find another venue, probably at no greater cost. In short, the Scouts will survive. With any luck, the ACLU will not.


8 posted on 02/11/2006 10:07:51 AM PST by IronJack
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Jay777

The ACLU supports the rights of NAMBLA while fighting against the Boy Scouts of America. It's sickening and ironic, boys are the victims of NAMBLA.


9 posted on 02/11/2006 10:08:30 AM PST by jazusamo (A Progressive is only a Socialist in a transparent disguise.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SandRat

Soon, it will be "America vs. The ACLU" as they are taken to court, defunded and dissolved.


10 posted on 02/11/2006 10:10:23 AM PST by darkangel82
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

Comment #11 Removed by Moderator

To: darkangel82

Really? What are we waiting on?


12 posted on 02/11/2006 10:12:03 AM PST by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Mighty Eighth

Amen!


13 posted on 02/11/2006 10:12:50 AM PST by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: kjo

Good Call! Cal-infierno has morally already slid into the sea.


14 posted on 02/11/2006 10:12:57 AM PST by Calusa ( "The ACLU, ... has grown tiresome...does not embody the reasonable person.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Jay777

Why can't people just leave the Boy Scouts alone?


15 posted on 02/11/2006 10:14:46 AM PST by FOG724 (http://nationalgrange.org/legislation/phpBB2/index.php)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Jay777

There's already a bill proposed that would ctop their public funding, but it needs to go farther than that.


16 posted on 02/11/2006 10:16:57 AM PST by darkangel82
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Jay777

Any "judge" or "lawyer" that thinks that this agreement "violates the First Amendment’s ban on state-sponsored religion" has definitely molested too many little boys and done way too many recreational drugs.


17 posted on 02/11/2006 10:17:07 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: little jeremiah; scripter; DirtyHarryY2K

Ping for the list(homosexual agenda)


18 posted on 02/11/2006 10:17:44 AM PST by darkangel82
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: szweig
These people are despicable wastes of skin

Mega Dittos

19 posted on 02/11/2006 10:23:48 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Conservatives...lack sufficient cynicism to properly assess the nature of their liberal opponents)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: darkangel82

The jihadis in the ACLU should be rounded up and shipped to Saudi. They'd all be much better off as real Moslem terrorists rather than just a bunch of wannabees.


20 posted on 02/11/2006 10:24:46 AM PST by muawiyah (-)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-59 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson