Shenandoah Valley Friends
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Tuesday, March 24, 1998; Page A07
Calif. Boy Scouts Can Discriminate, Court Says
From staff reports and news services
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In a pair of unanimous decisions, the court said the Scouts are not a business and therefore are free, like any private club, to set their own membership policies.
One ruling upheld a decision by a Contra Costa County Scout organization to reject Timothy Curran, a former Eagle Scout, as an assistant scoutmaster after he disclosed that he was gay.
The other ruling involved 9-year-old twins, Michael and William Randall, barred by an Orange County Cub Scout den in 1990 after they refused to declare a belief in God. They were allowed into the Scouts by lower courts and recently qualified as Eagle Scouts, subject to approval by the national organization.
See related article: Court Rejects Boy Scouts' Ban on Gays
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