"...the Boy Scouts discriminates against girls, universities discriminate against those with poor grades, and Hooters discriminates in favor of employing big-breasted women...
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Rand Paul Media Fiasco And The Mischaracterization Of Civil Rights
There are in fact women in the boy scouts and when you aren't admitted to a college because of grades, that isn't discrimination. That's based upon scholastic performance. If you can't understand the difference, there is no use arguing here. And there are PLENTY of small breasted women working at hooters, so if these are your best examples as to why Racism should be ok, then that's pretty weak.
They allowed women to be scout leaders, but they did not allow girls to be scouts. That's why there is a thing called "girl scouts".
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Mankes v. Boy Scouts of America, 137 F.R.D. 409 (S.D. Fla. 1991)
A girl who had been denied membership in a Cub Scout Pack sued Boy Scouts of America alleging a violation of state law. The federal District Court held that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the case, but noted, “The Boy Scouts’ goals to instill the ideals of leadership, self-confidence, and moral character are not new. These goals to ease transition of boys from youth to adulthood have remained constant, and were the basis for the Congressional charter as an organization for boys. It should be clear that the Court is not sending a message to plaintiff that she must settle for participation in Girl Scouts, but that there is nothing inherently discriminatory about the Boy Scouts’ goals. The Boy Scouts did not, in creating its organization to help develop the moral character of young boys, intentionally set out to discriminate against girls.” 137 F.R.D. at 411.
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Department of Human Rights v. Boy Scouts of America, No. MX 92-07717 (Minn. Dist. Ct. Aug. 6, 1992)
The Minnesota Human Rights Commission sought an injunction on behalf of a girl who had been denied membership in a Boy Scout Troop. The Hennepin County District Court denied the request for a temporary injunction. “To hold that the Minnesota Human Rights Act compels the Boy Scouts of America to admit girls as members would violate both the Minnesota and United States Constitutions’ freedom of association provisions.” In light of Congress granting separate charters to Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts U.S.A. within a few years of each other, “if Congress would have intended that girls be allowed in the Boy Scouts and vice versa, it would have chartered one organization, i.e., Scouts of America.” Furthermore, the court concluded that Boy Scouts are not covered by the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
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Yeaw v. Boy Scouts of America, 55 Cal. App. 4th 607, 64 Cal. Rptr. 2d 85 (Cal. Ct. App. 1997), review dismissed, 960 P.2d 509 (Cal. 1998)
A girl who was denied membership in a Boy Scout Troop sought to enjoin Boy Scouts from denying her membership. The Sacramento Superior Court denied her request for an injunction, and the Court of Appeal affirmed. “One of the principal units through which the Boy Scouts accomplishes its goals is the Patrol. Every boy is, first and foremost, part of a Patrol, a group of three-to-eight boys within a Troop. Each Patrol has its own name, its own badge, its own meetings, its own elected leaders and its own sense of identity. The members lead, plan and organize their own activities, thereby gaining skills in leadership, planning and cooperation. The Patrol becomes a close knit group of boys who have learned to provide for each other’s personal needs.”
