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The City of San Diego has settled in a law suit brought by the ALCU in which the ACLU claimed the sweetheart leases of city park land to the Boy Scouts of America was not legal.
The City has been fighting that suit for some time. The City Council finally found enough votes to stop fighting the losing battle.
The BSA had two leases for city park land. Each designated area was solely for the use of Boy Scouts. The Boy Scouts paid $1 per year on each lease.
However, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Boy Scouts of America in the New Jersey case. The court ruled that the BSA could discriminate against atheists or non-heterosexual boys and men, as well as women and girls, because they are a religious organization practicing their faith.
OOPS. The BSA won that case, but it threw the already tenuous legality of the leases right into clear relief -- those leases would not pass constitutional muster.
And I say, "About time!"
The City has been fighting that suit for some time. The City Council finally found enough votes to stop fighting the losing battle.
The BSA had two leases for city park land. Each designated area was solely for the use of Boy Scouts. The Boy Scouts paid $1 per year on each lease.
However, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Boy Scouts of America in the New Jersey case. The court ruled that the BSA could discriminate against atheists or non-heterosexual boys and men, as well as women and girls, because they are a religious organization practicing their faith.
OOPS. The BSA won that case, but it threw the already tenuous legality of the leases right into clear relief -- those leases would not pass constitutional muster.
And I say, "About time!"