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{{I think it is a very sad commentary on the current congress when
this ancient man in his wheelchair is the only one with the ba~er,
courage to stand up and say if gays can use the schools, so can the
Boy Scouts. Amelia}}
Helms Wants to Ban Discrimination Against Boy Scouts
CNSNews.com
Wednesday, May 16, 2001
Sen. Jesse Helms, a former Boy Scout, wants to require any public
school receiving federal funds to give the Boy Scouts of America
equal access to school facilities.
He also asked the Congressional Research Service to examine how many
school districts have taken "hostile action" against the Scouts
because of membership guidelines that exclude homosexuals.
In a message to the Senate on Monday, Helms, R-N.C., condemned
school districts that forbid the Boy Scouts from using their
facilities for Scout meetings.
"These very same meeting places at school remain open to over 800
Gay-Straight Student Alliance Clubs," Helms noted. "With groups like
these welcomed in our public schools, schoolchildren need to have
the Boy Scouts stick around."
Helms offered an amendment to the education bill making its way
through Congress. He said the measure would give federal civil
rights enforcers in the Department of Education the authority to
investigate any discriminatory action taken against the Boys Scouts
of America, based on their membership or leadership criteria.
Government schools that "adamantly refuse" to provide the Boy Scouts
equal access to school facilities, despite warnings, would risk
losing federal funding, Helms said.
"The arrogant discriminatory treatment of Boys Scouts of America
must not be allowed to continue," he said.
One year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Boy Scouts'
constitutional right, as a private organization, to set its own
membership rules. The ruling outraged homosexual rights advocates,
who wanted the court to force the Boy Scouts to accept homosexuals
as members and leaders.
The organization steadfastly refuses to do so, saying that
homosexuality goes against the grain of the oath that all Scouts
must take: "On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and
my country, and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all
times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally
straight."
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