Saturday, January 24, 2015

California Bans Judges From Boy Scouts

California judges will no longer be allowed to participate in the Boy Scouts organization after the state Supreme Court voted this week to eliminate an exception to a rule that bars jurists from being a part of discriminatory organizations.

The Boy Scouts of America continues to bar gay and lesbian adults from serving as leaders in the organization, even after lifting a ban on openly gay youth.

California's judicial code of ethics bars judges from holding "membership in any organization that practices invidious discrimination on the basis of race, sex, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity or sexual orientation."


Read the rest here.

3 comments:

lannes said...

Suddenly the Boy Scouts are an evil organization?

lannes said...

Can gay judges still belong to it?

Unknown said...

What next? Can't belong to certain churches who disagree with homosexuality?