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• Recreation: Scouting: Resources: Social Issues  (29)

» Boy Scouts Legal Issues: Home - Official BSA site created to inform the public about the legal issues that confront Scouting.




» Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (Rehnquist's majority opinion) - The U.S. Supreme Court explains that the Boy Scouts may exercise their right to association by excluding homosexuals.




» Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (Stevens' minority opinion) - Justices Stevens, Souter, Ginsberg, and Breyer dissent, criticizing the majority's argument as "an astounding view of the law."




» Curran vs. Boy Scouts Lawsuit - Tim Curran's personal web site describing his dismissal and subsequent lawsuit against the Mt. Diablo Council of the BSA




» Discrimination in the Boy Scouts of America - A collection of news articles, essays, and other resources on the Boy Scouts of America, its policies, and recent court cases.




» FindLaw's Writ - Yoshino: Scout Loophole - Legal commentary by Kenji Yoshino on the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in BSA v. Dale




» Is it OK to Ban a Gay Scoutmaster? - Poll and opinion forum regarding the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the Boy Scouts to ban gay troop leaders.




» Religious and Sexual Orientation Discrimination: Boy Scouts of America - A collection of essays and background material on the BSA's membership policies maintained by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance




» Save Our Scouts - Offers an online petition and educational information on the current threats to the Scouting program in the USA, including news articles and a listing of organizations that have recently withdrawn support.




» Scout Honor Coalition - Organization whose mission is to inform and involve people in the culture war, and to preserve the values of the Scout Oath from attacks being waged by the radical Left.




» Scouting for All - Scouting for All is a national nonprofit, 501(c)3, advocacy organization working to change the Boy Scouts of America's exclusionary polices against atheists and gays.




» NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: Boy Scout Wars - May 23, 2001 - Transcript of news piece interviewing several scouts, scout leaders and funders in Maryland and New York. Offers streaming video and audio versions. (May 23, 2001)




» War on the Boy Scouts, Round 2 (WorldNetDaily) - Follow-up article by Joseph Farah describing many recent actions taken against the Boy Scouts in the wake of the US Supreme Court decision. (January 9, 2001)




» The war on the Boy Scouts (WorldNetDaily) - Commentary by Joseph Farah describing the assault on the Boy Scouts by homosexual political activists and atheists. (January 4, 2001)




» Separation of morals and state (WorldNetDaily) - Alan Keyes analyzes homosexual activists' battle against the Boy Scouts (December 30, 2000)




» Tying the Boy Scouts in Knots - Gay columnist Dan Savage calls his local Boy Scout council asking how the BSA's policies would affect his son's participation in Cub Scouts. (July 20, 2000)




» Episcopal Bishops call for Inclusive Boy Scout Leadership - The Episcopal Church approved a resolution in an attempt to open a dialogue with the BSA regarding its membership policies (July 11, 2000)




» Boy Scout Battle Pits Gay Activists vs. Minority Kids - Heather Mac Donald, writing for the Wall Street Journal, warns that poor, minority children will suffer if gay-rights activists persuade corporations and others to withhold support from Boy Scouts. (July 6, 2000)




» Gay and Lesbian Scouts Received With Open Arms in Tolerant Canada - San Francisco Chronicle article about the 129th Toronto Scout Group, and Canada accepting gay and lesbian scouts there. (July 3, 2000)




» Why the Boy Scouts Work - Heather Mac Donald, writing for City Journal, provides a detailed history of inner-city scouting and then argues that the position of activists trying to change the BSA is that "furthering the gay-rights crusade takes precedence over helping inner-city children." (January 1, 2000)