To: Brumar89 who wrote (53159 ) 11/7/2006 5:40:41 PM From: Ichy Smith Read Replies (2) | Respond to Why should Churches or other religious organizations be income or property tax exempt, or donations be considered for charitable deductions. If a Gay young man grows up in the Boy Scouts, and becomes a leader just like all his friends, why should he not be accorded the same rights? New Jersey resident James Dale was an Eagle Scout who served as an assistant Scoutmaster to a Boy Scout troop. When speaking at Rutgers University, Dale said he was gay and was quoted in a local newspaper. Because of the Scouts' policy forbidding openly gay adult leaders, they told him he could no longer serve as a leader. Dale sued for readmittance and won in a New Jersey Supreme Court decision that was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court as Boy Scouts of America v. Dale in 2000. The Court reversed the New Jersey decision by a 5-4 vote, ruling that the Boy Scouts could deny the position to Dale based on their right to freedom of association. en.wikipedia.org BTW, why should anyone have a right to be a scout leader? Once again, as I mentioned in my first post, someone argues in favor of gay marriage by trashing and heaping scorn on the institution of marriage as it exists. If you despise marriage, renounce it in your own life. If you're married, get a divorce. If you have children, tell them never to get married. And so on. But leave the rest of us alone. give up those perks.
