ACLU vs Boy Scout Case Heads To Court Of Appeals

Posted on April 5, 2006

April 5, 2006 - Chicago, IL - PipeLineNews.org - In 2005, a federal district court in Chicago sided with the ACLU and ruled that the military’s support for the National Scout Jamboree - held once every four years at Fort A.P. Hill in Fredericksburg, Virginia - unconstitutional. The case is Winkler v. Rumsfeld, No. 05-3451 (7th Cir.).

The ACLU’s claim is that the Scout Oath’s “duty to God” makes the Boy Scouts a religious organization, like a church, and that military support for the Jamboree violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

If the ruling stands, the military may not lend equipment or provide logistical support to the Jamboree, as it does for many other civic organizations. The Department of Defense appealed this decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago. Oral arguments are now scheduled for Thursday, April 6 at 9:30 a.m. CST.

The ACLU has put out a press release stating how they got two religious leaders to ask the court to agree with them.

Meanwhile the ACLU have no problem with a Muslim Youth Camp being built on government leased property.

This is the kind of anti-American crap that the ACLU gets your taxdollars for. I think this will end up going all the way to the Supreme Court where it will get slapped down, and the ACLU will lose.

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One Response to “ACLU vs Boy Scout Case Heads To Court Of Appeals”

Angel on April 6th, 2006 2:59 pm

Excellent post…Been tryin to trackback but ya dont seem to be picking them up..Hope I didn’t get caught in spam filter..Keep up the good fight!..wonder what the protocol will be at the Muzlim Youth camp eh?