Boy scouts in need of Legion's support
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Joseph E. Caouette, the chairman of the National Americanism Commission, believes that war veterans should provide support for the Boy Scouts of America, as both groups are symbols of commitment to traditional values. In reaction to the US Supreme Court's upholding of the Boy Scouts' right not to allow homosexuals to be Scoutmasters, many organizations have withdrawn financial aid from the Boy Scouts, and Caouette feels that veterans should contribute financially and vocally to the organization.
Publication Name: The American Legion
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0886-1234
Year: 2001
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Legion stands up for scouts after ACLU-DoD settlement
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The Defense Department announced that it would order military units worldwide not to sponsor Boy Scout troops, a partial surrender to an ACLU lawsuit filed in Illinois in 1999. Although the law was paved with good intentions to ensure legitimate victims of civil-rights violations could obtain representation, the law was exploited by the ACLU in First Amendment "establishment of religious clause" cases in which there are, no attorney fees incurred by the ACLU or its plaintiffs.
Publication Name: The American Legion
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0886-1234
Year: 2005
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The fight for moral rights
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Former US Attorney General, Edwin Meese III, who is the chairman of the Scouting Legal Defense Fund, believes that the Supreme Court of the US was coorect in upholding the constitutional right of the Boy Scouts of America not to allow gay men from becoming Scoutmasters. Meese feels that the Boy Scouts have a right to train American youth to have traditional values.
Publication Name: The American Legion
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0886-1234
Year: 2001
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