[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.

[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.

[Cold Heat]

prohibiting state court judges from participating in the organization... ....is not blacklisting.

I would pose that question to the judges who are currently involved in the BSA in some capacity and see what they consider it to be.

I do not know what else you could call it.

It puts the BSA in the same bucket as a communist organization.