Scout's antigay stance goes to Jersey court.(New Jersey Supreme Court delays decision on whether the Boy Scouts can deny homosexuals leadership positions)(Brief Article)

The Christian Century | January 20, 1999 | Copyright

The Boy Scouts' sexual mores went on trial January 5 before the Supreme Court of New Jersey. For more than two hours in a Trenton courtroom, lawyers argued over whether the Boy Scouts can exclude homosexuals from leadership positions.

One lawyer contended that the First Amendment right to express discriminatory views is limited to organizations like the Ku Klux Klan, formed specifically to push such an agenda. Diverse groups like the Boy Scouts, open to all boys, cannot harbor such views, he said. Another lawyer, however, defended the Boy Scouts' antigay policy, ...

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