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  • WSJ: ACLU Jamboree - Judge Manning and her ACLU declare war on the Boy Scouts.

    07/20/2005 5:39:54 AM PDT · by OESY · 13 replies · 786+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | July 20, 2005 | Editorial (full text)
    The American Civil Liberties Union has found a sympathetic ear for its latest assault against the Boy Scouts. At issue is the famous Jamboree, held since 1981 at Fort A. P. Hill in Virginia and indirectly receiving support from the Army in billeting, infrastructure, and so forth. The ACLU argues that this arrangement breaches the First Amendment's separation between church and state. A federal judge in Chicago concurs, declaring government aid for the Jamboree unconstitutional. Because the Scouts require members to "privately exercise their religious faith as directed by their families and religious advisors," the ACLU petitioned the court to...
  • Court Order Ending Pentagon’s Special Funding for Boy Scout Jamboree

    07/08/2005 1:15:53 PM PDT · by RonF · 38 replies · 1,905+ views
    ACLU's Web Site ^ | 7/8/05 | Unknown
    CHICAGO -- Two well-known Chicago religious leaders today hailed an injunction by U.S. District Court Judge Blanche Manning that bars the Pentagon from spending millions of dollars to support future Boy Scout Jamborees (the only youth organization event so funded by the Pentagon).