Posted on 04/05/2006 1:40:13 PM PDT by Jay777
In 2005, a federal district court in Chicago sided with the ACLU and ruled that the militarys support for the National Scout Jamboree - held once every four years at Fort A.P. Hill in Fredericksburg, Virginia - unconstitutional. The case is Winkler v. Rumsfeld, No. 05-3451 (7th Cir.).
The ACLUs claim is that the Scout Oaths duty to God makes the Boy Scouts a religious organization, like a church, and that military support for the Jamboree violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
If the ruling stands, the military may not lend equipment or provide logistical support to the Jamboree, as it does for many other civic organizations. The Department of Defense appealed this decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago. Oral arguments are now scheduled for Thursday, April 6 at 9:30 a.m. CST.
Meanwhile the ACLU have no problem with a Muslim Youth Camp being built on government leased property.
(Excerpt) Read more at stoptheaclu.com ...
The ACLU just wants to destroy the Boy Scouts.
"The ACLU just wants to destroy the Boy Scouts"
Yeah, among other [good] things.
How can the government "establish" a religion that was already established two millenia ago?
In that case the preambles of almost every state in the union are unconstitutional because they mention the word GOD.
Can we get an amendment to the constitution outlawing the promotion of atheism, or get a special law passed rescinding the ACLU's federal legal standing.
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