WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal from the Boy Scouts over what the organizations claims is discrimination because of its policy against hiring gays.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/08/scotus.boyscouts.ap/index.html
"To exclude the Boy Scouts from a forum based on their values they hold and the conduct they require of their members is to exclude Boy Scouts based on viewpoint and identity," lawyers for the Scouts argued in their Supreme Court appeal.
As the article states the “forum” which the Boy Scouts are being excluded from are monetary handouts from the state of Connecticut. They were apparently pulled from a list of nonprofit organizations which were eligible for state handouts due to their policy on homosexuals (No fags allowed!).
Does anyone find this the least bit ironic? They make a big legal stink and fuss about being able to discriminate against homosexuals and ban them from their organization, and now that the state is supposedly discriminating against them they run right back to the Supreme Court to cry.
On another note, what sort of message would Connecticut be sending if they started funneling public money to an organization which openly discriminates against a specific section of the public for essentially the same reason. I know that if I were living in Connecticut I’d hate having my tax money being spent on an organization that is trying to take a moral stand against a part of my life they haven’t got any business caring about.
I'm glad that the supreme court laughed at their appeal.