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A Scout is
trustworthy, courteous, thrifty, loyal, kind, brave, helpful, obedient,
clean, friendly, cheerful and reverent. (By comparison,
a Royal Ranger is alert,
clean, honest, courageous, loyal, courteous, obedient and spiritual.) Homosexual "activists" have been badgering the Boy Scouts for the last few years, trying to get them to accept openly homosexual men into their organization. But the Boy Scouts have standards, and it's a private organization, and they have the right to freely associate — or refrain from associating — with whomever they please. It's easy to choose the Scouts' side of this argument, yet some do not. More information about same-sex marriage and homosexuality in general can be found here. |
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The latest: Boy Scouts sue Philadelphia to stay in headquarters. The Boy Scouts of America's Philadelphia chapter has sued the City of Philadelphia in federal court to block the city's May 31 deadline for the scouts to open membership to gays and atheists, or vacate their historic 1928 headquarters off Logan Square. The civil rights lawsuit, filed Friday [5/23/2008] in federal court in Center City, contends that the city's ultimatum violates the scouts' rights under the U.S. and Pennsylvania Constitutions. Boy Scouts could ease city woes; leave them alone. I commend Mayor Nutter for focusing on the violence that is keeping too many Philadelphians captive in their homes. However, the first step in addressing the horrific violence in Philadelphia is to understand that it is a symptom of a broader problem: pathologically antisocial young urban males. That's why I just don't understand Mayor Nutter's jihad against the Boy Scouts. Scouts On the Way Out? The Cradle of Liberty Council [Philadelphia] has occupied the historic Beaux Arts building since 1928. It agreed in the 1920's to pay the city a nominal fee of $1 per year "in perpetuity." After nearly 80 years at these headquarters, the City Council voted last June to declare the CLC anti-gay policies discriminatory and issued an ultimatum for the Boy Scouts to either end their exclusion of homosexuals, lose their preferential lease, or get out. Philly's War on the Boy Scouts. As Michael Nutter was sworn in as the city's 98th mayor last month, he called for a new wave of public service to clean up drug-infested neighborhoods. If he is serious about renewing volunteerism, he'll start by putting an end to the city's campaign against the Boy Scouts. Post Sugarcoats Thuggery Against Philadelphia's Boy Scouts. The Washington Post this week stepped delicately around the thuggish tactics employed by Philadelphia City Solicitor Romulo Diaz, who has engineered a coup against the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Will Apple Pie Be Next? If you want to gain greater insight into the mindset of much of Hillary Clinton's base — the type of people she caters to, and will continue to cater to if she is elected — you should familiarize yourselves with a couple of recent news stories involving the Boy Scouts and our troops. In Philadelphia, the glorious city where our unique experiment in constitutional governance began, the city solicitor issued the Cradle of Liberty Boy Scouts Council a dire ultimatum. Unless it renounces its policy excluding homosexuals by Dec. 3, it will forfeit the right to rent from the city a building it has rented for $1 a year since 1928. Scouts will fight for use of building. The Boy Scouts of America will fight to stay in the city-owned building they have occupied since 1928, saying the City of Philadelphia has no right to force them to change their policy barring gay members. Court: Pentagon Can Fund Scout Jamboree. A federal appellate court ruled Wednesday [4/4/2007] that the Pentagon can continue its financial support of the decades-old National Boy Scout Jamboree, which the Defense Department sees as a useful recruiting and training tool. Boy Scouts face setback in Supreme Court. Six years after the Supreme Court ruled the Boy Scouts could ban gay leaders, the group is fighting and losing legal battles with state and local governments over its discriminatory policies. Boy Scout Magazine Going PC? I'm never surprised to be hit in the face each morning with multicultural, victimization, support-group style reporting in my local papers. That's the bread and butter of the mainstream media these days. But if any publication was going to resist the trend I figured it would be Scouting magazine. I was wrong. Keep the Boy Scouts from ACLU's grasp! The two monster hurricanes smacking our shores recently should reminds us that, sooner or later, conflicts or disasters make survival too much the issue for certain pointy-headed philosophical debates to matter, and we simply need disciplined leaders of grace and grit. ACLU takes on Boy Scouts in 9th Circuit. An ACLU lawsuit on behalf of an agnostic, lesbian couple seeking to nullify the Boy Scouts' long-standing lease with a San Diego park will be heard in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, widely regarded as the nation's most liberal. The city of San Diego is appealing a U.S. District Court judge's ruling in 2003, which determined the agreement violates the First Amendment's ban on state-sponsored religion. Pentagon Barred From Funding Scout Jamboree. A federal judge has ruled the Pentagon can no longer spend millions in government money to ready a Virginia military base for a national Boy Scout event typically held every four years, the American Civil Liberties Union announced [recently]. Boy Scouts Drop Public School Ties. The Boy Scouts of America is removing the charters of thousands of scouting units from public schools after an American Civil Liberties Union threat to sue taxpayer-funded institutions that charter BSA units. "Save Our Boy Scouts" Bill Fails In Senate. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) issued a press release on November 20, [2004], discussing the failure of passage of the "Save Our Scouts" bill. All Republicans supported passing it; while the Democrats opposed it. The "Save Our Scouts" bill would have permitted federal support for the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts of America. The legislation was designed to send a message to the ACLU that it should stop persecuting the Boy Scouts for its policies on atheists and homosexuals. The Pentagon's Boy Scout Outrage: The U.S. Department of Defense has agreed to stop sponsoring the Boy Scouts, according to a legal agreement announced Monday [11/15/2004]. The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois sued the Pentagon and other government agencies in 1999, saying their funding of the Boy Scouts was unconstitutional because the organization excluded people who did not swear an oath to God. Department of Defense Caves To ACLU's Anti-Boy Scout Agenda. "The ACLU continues its war against the Boy Scouts. It has succeeded in forcing the Pentagon to issue a warning to military bases around the world to avoid sponsoring Boy Scout troops," said Traditional Values Coalition Chairman Rev. Louis P. Sheldon. "This is a victory of humanistic fascism over religious freedom and the right of private organizations to set their own membership standards." Rein in the ACLU. The Boy Scouts of America — a respected all-American, private organization — continues to be attacked by the ACLU. The latest example is the Pentagon's cave-in to settle a 1999 lawsuit by not allowing military bases to sponsor Boy Scout troops. The name — American Civil Liberties Union — is at best a misnomer. More accurately, ACLU means Assault Christian Liberties Unmercifully. Boy Scouts still under heavy fire: One of the most outrageous injustices occurring in our society is the homosexual activists' relentless assault on the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), all because the BSA will not conform its standards to accommodate their lifestyle. The war on the Boy Scouts War on the Boy Scouts, Round 2 Update Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Boy Scouts' Appeal. The Supreme Court refused Monday [03/08/2004] to hear an appeal from the Boy Scouts over what the organization says is discrimination because of its policy against hiring gays. Boy Scouts fight back. All over the country, the Boy Scouts are being thrown out of public facilities that are open to other similarly situated groups — such as the Girl Scouts — as retribution, they claim, for a 2000 Supreme Court decision in Boy Scouts of America vs. Dale. ACLU vs. Boy Scouts of America: The last part of the Scout Law is a word that in these times has little meaning unfortunately. That word is Reverent. The Scout Law says "A scout is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties. He respects the belief of others." It is this part of being a scout that has the ACLU all in an uproar recently. Arkansas Boy Scouts are Scouting for a New Home, thanks to the ACLU. Arkansas Boy Scout volunteers say they will not sacrifice their membership standards just to appease the ACLU or any gay rights activists. "To support and defend… So help me God". The Boy Scouts have yet to be kicked out of Chattanooga's National Cemetery, but they have been exiled from many other public places. Boy Scout Scandal Hits Home. The Greater Alabama Boy Scout Council has recently been the target of an FBI investigation to determine if the council falsely inflated membership numbers in order to receive funding. Several events led up to this revelation, including attacks from homosexual activists. Help Save the Boy Scouts! As many as 50 chapters of the United Way are dropping their support for the Boy Scouts. This development is devastating to the Boy Scouts because it means the Boy Scouts can no longer receive money from the United Way's general or unrestricted funds. The United Way's support for the Boy Scouts is also crucial because many of America's largest corporations take their lead from the United way... and many of these corporations (such as Pitney Bowes) are now dropping their support for the Boy Scouts. In addition, public school districts across America are banning the Boy Scouts from using their facilities. Fireworks Over the Boy Scouts: Each Fourth of July, the "Rhythm & Booms" fireworks show and concert raises thousands of dollars for an array of private local charities. Last year, the Boy Scouts took in $2,500 as hundreds of Scouts volunteered at the event. This year, the Scouts can volunteer, but they can't benefit from the fundraising because, in the words of City Alder Steve Holtzman, it "would be sending a very unfortunate message to the community." Actually, Alder Holtzman misjudged. The city council decision itself was an exceedingly unfortunate message to the nation that Madison, Wisconsin, prefers the far extremes of political correctness above moral straightness. The Boy Scouts were right after all: If I am accurately perceiving the national controversy over pederasty in the American Roman Catholic Church, I have to conclude that the Boy Scouts of America are vindicated. The only logical conclusion deducible from the media's outrage over revelations of pederasty in the pulpit is that the Boy Scouts' ban against homosexual scout leaders is OK. Renegade Scout Council Defies National Policy on Homosexual Leaders: The Boy Scouts take an oath to do their "duty to God and country" and be "morally straight" -- but Philadelphia Scout leaders say that does not refer to homosexuality. Boy Scouts Reaffirm "Traditional Standards": The Boy Scouts of America has reaffirmed its policy that homosexuals cannot serve as Scout leaders. Living by the Boy Scout Oath Would Save Millions of Lives: So far, worldwide, 28 million people have died of AIDS — nearly all of whom would be alive had they lived by the Boy Scout Oath that is now under full scale attack. The ACLU vs. the Boy Scouts: The ACLU needs a new summer camp for its young folks, preferably in San Diego's Balboa Park. The PC Scouts, as we'll call them, will head off to Balboa to obtain Rights Badges (as opposed to merit badges) and learn the meaning of the PC Scout Oath: "On my self-esteem, I will do whatever feels good for myself; And to question authority, To help myself at all times, To keep myself physically gratified, Mentally interested, And morally tolerant." New! U.N. Environmental Agenda Infiltrates Boy Scouts. The United Nations Environment Program has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the World Organization of the Scout Movement, committing nearly 30 million children and youth to advancing this U.N. body's environmental agenda. Major Donor Ends Support for United Way for "Not Being Truthful": A United Way of Ventura County, Calif., policy to stop funding groups like the Boy Scouts and other organizations that don't admit homosexuals is likely to result in the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars for the charity. Attack Against Boy Scouts is An Assault Against Freedom: The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that the Boy Scouts have the First Amendment right of "freedom of association" to exclude homosexuals. Organizations have the constitutional right to set their own membership standards-and this freedom should not be violated. TVC Condemns PBS For Tax-Payer Funded Attack Against Boy Scouts: "If a heterosexual young man wanted to be a Girl Scout or Brownie leader, most people would be concerned about his sexual intentions," said TVC Chairman Rev. Louis P. Sheldon. "We should have an equal concern for homosexuals when they indicate a desire to be Boy Scout leaders. Men who wish to have sex with men should not have access to young boys." ACLU sues Boy Scouts over city-owned site: The Boy Scouts of America should not be allowed to lease 18 city-owned acres because the organization does not allow homosexuals, a lawsuit contends. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit in federal court. It wants a federal judge to stop the lease based on the Boy Scouts guidelines involving homosexuals and those who want to be Scout leaders but are atheists. Scouts lose United Way funds over gay ban: At least 39 United Way affiliates around the country have stopped direct community funding of the Boy Scouts to protest the Scouts' ban on homosexual leaders. County Faces Penalty for Policy on Boy Scouts: The education law signed recently by President Bush contains a provision that could result in Montgomery County, Md., losing $40 million in federal education funding because of the way it has treated the local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America. California politicians reject Boy Scouts: The Democrat-controlled California State Assembly rejected a resolution honoring the Boy Scouts for the organization's 85th anniversary. Dishonoring Scouts and the Taxpayers: In a time of tight budgets for governments up and down California, San Diego recently announced a massive contribution of taxpayer dollars to the American Civil Liberties Union. The payoff is part of the city's cave-in to the ACLU's lawsuit that aims to kick the Boy Scouts off public parkland in San Diego. More about the ACLU. Scouts Targeted By Homosexuals In Nationwide Protest: The Boy Scouts of America is taking fire on several fronts this week from a homosexual activist organization and its teenage leader. The group Scouting for All (S4A) has scheduled rallies around the nation from Aug.19-25, to protest last year's 5-4 Supreme Court decision that allowed the BSA to prohibit homosexuals from participating in its organization. This is the second year the group has organized such rallies, which so far are not drawing large crowds. Scout Supporters Deluge Ted Kennedy: A coalition of family groups Wednesday demonstrated their support of the Boy Scouts of America outside Senate offices and delivered 304,000 signatures supporting the Scouts' "right to set standards for leadership and morality" to Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, Health and Welfare. Same story: Ted Kennedy Deluged With Signatures Urging Support for Scouts. "Female Liberalism" Pervades Girl Scouts, Says Ex-Scout: Unlike the Boy Scouts, who have become targets of the political left because they reject homosexual scout leaders, the Girl Scouts have found favor from leftist groups because of the organization's openness to a wide range of views on social issues. In the summer of 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America had the constitutional right to bar homosexual scout leaders from the private organization, because homosexuality is contrary to the Boy Scouts' oath, in which members promise to be "morally straight." The Girl Scouts cling to no such oath, however, allowing members to choose their own belief systems. Girl Scouts National Conclave to Feature Pro-Abortion, Pro-Lesbian Speakers. Dr. Johnnetta Cole, a woman whose radical views forced the Clinton administration to withdraw her name from consideration for Education Secretary, will be one of three keynote speakers at the Girl Scouts USA national convention in Atlanta from October 7-10. Another speaker is Kavita Ramdas, president and CEO of the Global Fund for Women, which, among other things, promotes abortion and feminism. The third speaker is Ann Curry, news anchor for NBC's Today Show. Pro-Abortion Feminist Scouts: One might wonder why the Girl Scouts have been spared the painful attacks that have been launched upon the Boy Scouts by the Left in recent years. The reasons are simple: the Girl Scouts allow homosexuals and atheists to join their ranks, and they have become a pro-abortion, feminist training corps. American Legion Joins Boy Scout Controversy: The largest veterans group in the nation is calling on Americans to "take a stand against those who seek to destroy the Boy Scouts" by defending the organization. Gays' Allies Besiege Boy Scouts: Despite the Supreme Court's ruling that the Boy Scouts of America may ban homosexual leaders, sympathetic groups are waging war against the Scouts. Scouting for Trouble is the last thing that the Boy Scouts do, but like ticks and mosquitoes, political and legal troubles fasten upon them as they toil through the moral swamp that modern America has become. L.A. Times shuts out Scouts, and cuts aid due to BSA's exclusion of homosexual adult leaders. After years of supporting the Boy Scouts' "Campership Program" — which enables needy Scouts to attend summer camp by underwriting part of the costs — The Los Angeles Times is for the first time turning down the Scouts' application for The Los Angeles Times' annual Family Fund. Boy Scout supporters rally today: Protest United Way's decision to de-fund youth organization. Movement Urges Jews to Snub Boy Scouts Jewish Movement Urges Members to Disassociate From Boy Scouts LA Sheriff Hedges on Boy Scout Affiliation: Following a flurry of petitions, telephone calls and e-mails sent to the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, a spokesman for Sheriff Lee Baca said he "has not made up his mind" about severing his department's ties with the Boy Scout Explorer program. Planned vote by city angers gay advocates. City considers resolution praising troops for local work. Despite Controversy, Boy Scouts Say Business Continues as Usual Scouts still face funding gauntlet: Media organizations, even religious groups join homosexual activists in attacking BSA. ACLU demands ouster of Boy Scouts: It wants use of campground and public building in California terminated. Scouts sue for equal school access: Broward County "dragging them through the mud of gay political activism." Homosexuals activists oppose Scout lease: Youth group has used California sea base for decades. Boy Scouts attacked in Congress: Supporters force vote on revoking youth group's charter. Bush defends Boy Scouts: "Troubled" by Clinton-Gore probe, urges "respect" for besieged group. New York Scouting Group Says Ban on Homosexuals Is "Stupid". 2002 Salt Lake Committee Bans Boy Scouts From Olympics Boy Scouts Stand Tall Under Assault From the Left L.A. Blacklists the Boy Scouts: The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on November 26th to sever its ties with the Boy Scouts of America, claiming that the organization discriminates against homosexuals and atheists. Back to News from the Culture War Back to Home page |
