"Because the school accepts no government aid and prohibits its students from doing
the same, it
has the right to discriminate on the basis of religion."
from a story http://www.newsday.com/ap/text/national/ap170.htm
about a college for home-schoolers.
Re: why govt subsidized arenas
have to be neutral wrt who you kiss, a
recent thread here.
Along those lines, two more recent refs: one where
a govt school cuts off the Scouts,
another where a county doesnt and
gets sued.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/xnyap/20000927/lo/brf_boy_scout_ban_1.html
District Ends Boy Scout Affiliation
NEW YORK (AP) - A Manhattan school board has banned its
42 schools from sponsoring Boy Scout troops because the
90-year-old national organization excludes gays.
The board of Community School District Two passed the
resolution at a meeting Tuesday night, becoming the first
district
in the city to enact such a ban.
http://www.latimes.com/editions/orange/20000927/t000091530.html
Scouts Lease on Base Extended
ACLU, gays claim rent-free access
to Newport Beach site is a government
subsidy for a discriminatory group.
By DAVID REYES, Times Staff Writer
Over objections from the gay
and lesbian community and the threat of an
ACLU lawsuit, Orange County
supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a
30-year extension of the Boy Scouts
lease on a Newport Beach sea base under
county authority.
"This is good news for
everybody in Orange County," said David Janes, a sea
base volunteer and retired Navy
rear admiral, after the boards vote.
About 35 Scouts, their parents
and Scout leaders attended the meeting in a
show of support for the rent-free
extension of the base lease, beginning in 2006.
The Scouts have operated the base
for 63 years and recently raised $4.5 million to
renovate the popular facility.
Opponents of the lease renewal
argued that the county should not "subsidize" a
group that discriminates against
people because of sexual orientation.
"It is clear that the Boy
Scouts do not have the right to receive any
government subsidies, sponsorship
or special privileges, such as sweetheart deals
on rent of government lands and
buildings," said Martha Matthews, an attorney
for the American Civil Liberties
Union.
The ACLU recently sued San
Diego in federal court over a lease of public
parkland to the Scouts for $1 a
year.
In response to a question
Tuesday by Supervisor Todd Spitzer about whether
the ACLU intends to sue Orange
County, Matthews said, "Its likely that we
would."
Another great quote:
The only thing different is you dont have to dumb down the vocabulary when youre
teaching
home-schooled kids, said Farris, a Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in 1993
and
founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association.
