S.F. Judges Ordered to Cut Ties to Scouts

FamilyNews ^ | 8/9/02 | Stuart Shepard

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SAN FRANCISCO - Don't try to be a judge in San Francisco if you work with the Boy Scouts. Judges in San Francisco are being barred from associating with the Boy Scouts because of the Scouts' opposition to homosexuals being in leadership positions.

The new policy, adopted by the city's Superior Court, prohibits the court's judges and commissioners from participating in any organization that excludes members "... on the grounds that their sexual orientation renders them 'unclean,' 'immoral' or 'unfit.' "

Bob Knight, director of the Washington, D.C.-based Culture and Family Institute, said the policy is ludicrous and offensive.

"In other words, the Boy Scouts are supposed to be so evil for protecting boys from homosexuality that you can't be a judge if you have anything to do with them," Knight said.

National Scout spokesman Gregg Shields said the Boy Scouts will take no action since it is not directly affected.

"In a piece of irony here, the people who are aggrieved or the people who are having their rights trampled here would be the judges themselves," Shields said.

Nonetheless, he called the policy "indefensible" and "inappropriate."

"The judges of the court are supposed to be devoted to fairness and impartiality and respectful treatment of all who appear before them," Shields said. "And yet, they've chosen to publicly reject lawfully held private views."

In fact, attorney Brad Dacus with the Pacific Justice Institute, a religious-liberties group based in Citrus Heights, Calif., argues the new restrictions go far beyond the Scouts.

"We're dealing with a policy that prohibits judges' involvement or participation with any organization that teaches homosexuality as being immoral," Dacus said.

There's a move to take the policy statewide in California. Dacus' group has offered to represent any judge who objects.

Link to article HERE.

[PoisedWoman]

EeeeeeUuuuu! Did they sterilize the Magic Kingdom the day after the pervs left? Revolting residue!

[Salvation]

Judges in San Francisco are being barred from associating with the Boy Scouts because of the Scouts' opposition to homosexuals being in leadership positions.

They can't do this can they---telling judges what to do?

[MissBaby]

Unbelievable...Is this Nazi Germany? China during the cultural revolution? Saudi Arabia that bans any worship other than Muslim?

The liberals have gone bezerk. Dangerous. Very dangerous.

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I heard about this last week. It's been discussed thoroughly here in the Bay Area, and O'Reily took it on earlier this week on the radio side.

Already, one judge has defied this unconstitutional edict, and has become a Scoutmaster.

This is a clear violation of Freedom of Association. It won't last, and it's felony fascist.

[pariah]

Looney Left overreaching (again). These clowns ever hear of voter backlash? Course it's not a talking point in the CA Gubanatorial race, but everyone knows Simon would be against this, while it's just the kind of thing Gray Davis would support.

[Movemout]

This flies in the face of the constitutional right to free association, the very right that allows homosexuals to form organizations. They would deny their detractors the same rights they themselves enjoy. These sick puppies need to suffer through some expensive lawsuits to get a little perspective. Picking on judges may be the worst move they ever made.

[AlaskaErik]

And the Band Plays On.

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So anotherwords San Francisco judges can't attend church. Yeah, that's gonna fly.

Yeah.
It certainly looks like it will.
Apparently, the Judges of the Superior Court, and the lawyers of San Francisco are "behind" this.
Who, in this Sodom & Gomorrah by the Bay, is gonna complain?

[SSN558]

Everything works out for the best. The only purpose for Sodom Francisco Judges is to ensure that convicted Homophiles and Pedophiles get probation. The Boys Scouts are better off with out them.

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They can't do this can they---telling judges what to do?

They?
Well, in this case, it's the judges telling themselves what they can and cannot do.

[jimtorr]

""excludes members "... on the grounds that their sexual orientation renders them 'unclean,' 'immoral' or 'unfit.' ""

So, judges are not allowed to attend most churches, either? Or synagogues, or mosques?

[ppaul]

EeeeeeUuuuu! Did they sterilize the Magic Kingdom the day after the pervs left? Revolting residue!

Slippery floors and stairways, no doubt.
Probably some good "slip and falls" cases for an enterprising lawyer.
The case might even be heard by one of these judges!

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Reflections in the dark at the Magik Kingdom?
Nipple rings.

[11th Earl of Mar]

I would imagine these same people are "pro-choice."

But only if you choose THEIR choice.

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BSA
BUMP

[Thane_Banquo]

Blatant violation of the First Amendment right to free association.

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It's too bad. San Francisco is a really nice city, too bad the fags are running it.

[Jim Noble]

We have subscribed to a number of false premises and false ideas in order to render ourselves able to be tolerant of (to tolerate) our gay friends and neighbors.

This sustained assault on the Boy Scouts extends these false premises to the breaking point and beyond.

Is there anyone, gay or straight, who would insist that the Girl Scouts, or a girl's HS sports team, or a class from an all-girl's school, have unaccompanied overnight (or multi-night) sojurns with unmarried heterosexual male volunteers? Of course not.

This situation is no different, and insisting that it is is a distortion of reality so significant that it threatens the very concept of reality.

Which is probably the point, come to think of it.

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San Francisco is a really nice city, too bad the fags are running it.

Oh, oh.
You used the word that is slang for "cigarettes" and rhymes with "flag".
Prepare for your reply to be pulled by a homo-sympathizer thread monitor.

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I send my apology to the cigerettes.