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Re: unintended consequence of w's presidency
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Originally Posted by jviehe
Of course I think that. People from every group have a problem with what their tax money is spent on. I just dont like the ACLU picking on the Boy Scouts, one of the most positive boys organizations out there, simply because they are based in religion.
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Well, technically, they were picking on the government, not the Boy Scouts.
From what I understand, the original lawsuit was against the Portland Public School System for allowing the Boy Scouts to come in and speak to the students and attempt to recruit them into their organization. They fastened bracelets to all the male students with text on them urging their parents to sign them up. Of course, there were a number of students who were ineligible to join due to religious reasons. The original lawsuit against the school did not seek any monetary settlement, it simply requested that the public school system stop allowing a religious based organization to come in and try to recruit students. They didn't.
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Last edited by Speakeasy; 05-21-2008 at 08:23 AM.
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