Blacklisting the Boy Scouts

Pacific Legal Foundation ^ | March 2003 | Mark Pulliam

[gcruse]

prohibiting state court judges from participating in the organization...

                          ....is not blacklisting.

[Pikachu_Dad]

GO SCOUTS.

It's a sad day in this country when the state attacks a fine organization like the scouts.

[First_Salute]

Bump.

[farmfriend]

Registered member troop 386, Pony Express District, Golden Empire Counsel.

[LiteKeeper]

read later

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

In California, several local bar associations are seeking to ostracize the Boy Scouts by prohibiting state court judges from participating in the organization on the ground that its ban on homosexual leaders makes it a “hate group” akin to the KKK.

Odds are 90% of these "lawyers" and "judges" are fags.

[I still care]

Here in Florida you can be a specialty license plate for the Scouts, that says "Scouting Teaches Values". I smile everytime I see it.

[SSN558]

"Odds are 90% of these "lawyers" and "judges" are fags."

Yes and the only reason they exist is to ensure that convicted child molesters get probation. Ellie Nestler had the right idea. When all else fails vote from the roof tops.

[chgomac]

Again I say, the inmates are taking over!

Subject: The Death of Common Sense
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 10:35:58 -0600


Today we mourn the passing of an old friend, Common Sense. Common Sense
lived a long life, but died in the United States from heart failure early
in the new millennium.

No one really knows how old he was, since his birth records were lost
long ago in bureaucratic red tape. He selflessly devoted his life to
service in schools, hospitals, homes, and factories, helping folks get
jobs done without fanfare and foolishness.

For decades, petty rules, silly laws, and frivolous lawsuits held no
power over Common Sense. He was credited with cultivating such valued
lessons as to know when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird
gets the worm, and that life isn't always fair.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more
than you earn), reliable parenting strategies (the adults are in charge,
not the kids), and it's okay to come in second. A veteran of the
Industrial Revolution, the Great Depression, and the Technological
Revolution, Common Sense survived cultural and educational trends
including body piercing, whole language, and "new math." But his health
declined when he became infected with the
"If-it-only-helps-one-person-it's-worth-it" virus.

In recent decades his waning strength proved no match for the ravages of
well intentioned but overbearing regulations. He watched in pain as good
people became ruled by self-seeking lawyers. His health rapidly
deteriorated when schools endlessly implemented zero tolerance policies.

Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing
a classmate, a teen suspended for taking a swig of mouthwash after lunch,
and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student only worsened his
condition. It declined even further when schools had to get parental
consent to administer aspirin to a student but could not inform the
parent when a female student was pregnant or wanted an abortion.

Common Sense lost his will to live as the Ten Commandments became
contraband, churches became businesses, criminals received better
treatment than victims, and federal judges stuck their noses in
everything from the Boy Scouts to professional sports. When an
individual, too stupid to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot*,
was awarded a huge settlement, Common Sense threw in the towel. As the
end neared, Common Sense drifted in and out of logic but was kept
informed of developments regarding questionable regulations such as those
for low flow toilets, rocking chairs, stepladders and auto emissions.

Common Sense finally succumbed when, while the United States was fighting
a war on terrorism, a federal judge declared the Pledge of Allegiance to
be unconstitutional.
Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his
wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He
is survived by two stepsiblings: My Rights, and Ima Whiner.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.
...Source Unknown

[Always Right]

....is not blacklisting.

Really? What is Blacklisting?

Definition
Blacklisting refers to being put on a list of those who are avoided because they have met with disapproval by a particular group or because they are being boycotted (the other, more acceptable term for blacklisting) for socially reprehensible conduct -- whether real or perceived. The official definition of boycotting given in the FindLaw Legal Dictionary is, "to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (as a store, business, or organization) usu. to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions ...

Sounds like the term blacklisting is dead on. Isn't it embarrassing that people who profess to hate hate, are the most outwardly hateful people there are. If I were gay I would be ashamed of this activity, but you can be in denial if you wish.

[Always Right]

Why should the state have the right to insist on what a judge does in his personal life????? I guess it would be OK to say a judge can not be gay by this logic. Gays should think about such hypocritical actions.

[Free the USA]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[gcruse]

Keeping judges from the BSA is not calling for boycotts, putting the BSA out of business, or denying the BSA the ability to make a living, which is what blacklisting is.

[gcruse]

Why should the state have the right to insist on what a judge does in his personal life??

1. The local bar association isn't the state.
2.  I personally don't think any group should be labelled a hate group, such as the KKK or the NAACP.  But whether they are labelled hate groups or not, I don't think anyone should be coerced to join or leave any group, for that matter.  My complaint is that this is a misuse for inflammatory purposes of the word 'blacklist..'

[Always Right]

First off, the bar is partitioning the state to make this a state ethics rule. Secondly, it is most definitely a boycott (or at least an attempted state-imposed boycott) and thus also blacklisting in its ugliest form. It is the bar who is behavior is inflamatory and should be subjected to criticism not the author.

[Kevin Curry]

My complaint is that this is a misuse for inflammatory purposes of the word 'blacklist..'

Why? Do liberals own the copyright to it?

[gcruse]

Beats me. But the bar association forbidding judges from being in the BSA is not a blacklisting. No one is being kept from making a living.

[Always Right]

I am glad you choose to define terms in a way to help rationalize your position.

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"Why should the state have the right to insist on what a judge does in his personal life????? "

Molsesting women and lying about it under oath is "private". Violating Politically Correct GroupThink is not.