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• JUDGG THE BOY SUTS OF AMERI: GAY RIGHTS, FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATN, AND THE DALE CASE
• (PDF) THE GAY SUTS HANDBOOK: 2022 EDN

JUDGG THE BOY SUTS OF AMERI: GAY RIGHTS, FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATN, AND THE DALE CASE

Judgg the Boy Suts of Ameri: Gay Rights, Freedom of Associatn, and the Dale Case. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTJuly 9, 2000See the article s origal ntext om July 9, 2000, Sectn 4, Page 7Buy ReprtsTimMache is an exclive benef for home livery and digal the Supreme Court cid on June 28 that the Boy Suts uld bar gay members, agreed that opposn to homosexualy was part of the anizatn's ''exprsive msage.

''It is pla as the light of day that neher one of the prcipl, 'morally straight' and 'clean, ' says the slightt thg about homosexualy, '' Jtice John Pl Stevens wrote. ''Anyone lookg for an explic nmnatn of homosexualy by the Boy Suts has ltle to go on.

(PDF) THE GAY SUTS HANDBOOK: 2022 EDN

The statement posted on the Boy Suts' Web se after their urt victory was a mol of tactful rtrat: ''We believe an avowed homosexual is not a role mol for the valu poed the Sut Oath and Law. Seton, an thor and self-styled naturalist, created the Woodcraft Indians, a precursor of the Boy Suts, and beme the untry's first chief ''Boy Suts of Ameri'' says not a word about homosexualy, has plenty of other thgs to say about primal urg and manly passns.

Members, grappl much more directly wh the issue of sexualy, though don't even nsir homosexualy among the optns for ''lty boys'':The young man who holds before his mental visn an ial of the home he hop to tablish -- which a pure wife reigns as queen, sovereign of his life, and gently erns her brood of lty boys and fair girls -- nnot for a moment nsir as a sane solutn of his sexual problem perdic viss to a lewd girl or woman, nor n he expect to velop his powers physilly or tellectually, if he perms himself to ntract that hab (masturbatn) which, step by step, unrm his virily. Another 1 ln youths are other Sut programs, such as the Venturg (formerly Explorg) program for young men and women ag 13 to new handbook do not directly addrs recent ntroversi surroundg the anizatn’s refal to adm homosexuals, or youths who refe to take the Sut Oath, which clus swearg a duty to a lg last sprg, the California Supreme Court said that the Boy Suts, as a private anizatn, did not vlate state anti-discrimatn laws by excludg gay youths and adult volunteers, as well as atheists or agnostics who refed to take the oath. A New Jersey urt, however, led last sprg that the Suts uld not bar homosexuals.

After months of lay, Boys Suts of Ameri (BSA) is fally votg today to overturn s ban on “openly gay” suts (though not sut lears—those are still verboten. ) The BSA has fend s discrimatory policy on the grounds that homosexualy is patible wh the Sut Law, pecially wh the valu exprsed s mment to ‘morally straight’ and ‘clean’ livg.