From: Ian Goddard (Ian@Goddard.net)
Date: Sat Aug 14 1999 - 14:10:51 MDT
Subsequent to my last-forwarded article I've
been persuaded that the Boy Scouts of America
is not a truly private organization, and as such,
the BSA does NOT properly have the right to exclude.
This article is quite persuasive in making the case
(http://www.infidels.org/org/aha/religion/bsa.html)
that the BSA is not a truly private organization.
In 1916 the BSA received a Congressional charter
(http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/36/ch2.html)
which superceded the incorporation of the BSA in
1910. Congress specifically defined the purposes
of the BSA. The article initially cited states:
The House Judiciary Committee, reporting on
the bill to charter the BSA, cited the public
services rendered by Scouts, including service
in floods, war-bond collection, and as "an
auxiliary force in the maintenance of public order."
Which defines the BSA as an auxiliary governmental
agency. In fact, BSA "Explorer Scout" units assist
police departments and an array of Federal agencies.
I would dare to posit that the BSA was created with
the intent of preparing boys for war-time skills.
The BSA must do one of the following: (a) renounce
its Congressional charter and government connections,
or (b) stop excluding homosexuals and atheists.
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