How great is this?
The Senate voted Tuesday to allow U.S. military bases to continue to host Boy Scout events, responding to lawsuits and a federal court ruling aimed at severing relationships between the government and the youth group.
In a 98-0 vote, the Senate approved the provision continuing the hosting of Boy Scout events as part of massive bill setting Defense Department policy for next year. After the vote, Senate leaders decided to put off further debate and votes on the overall bill, probably until fall when Congress returns from a monthlong break.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., a former Boy Scout who sponsored the Senate provision, said it is necessary to push back on a spate of lawsuits to limit Boy Scout activities on government property. The provision adopted Tuesday says Boy Scouts should be treated the same as other national youth organizations
Frist said it "removes any doubt that federal agencies may welcome Scouts to hold meetings, go camping on federal property or hold scouting events and public forums" on government property.
The Boy Scouts have long been a choice target of the ACLU, because, *GASP* the Boy Scouts promote clean living, good, moral values, a relationship with God, and do not allow homosexuals into their organization either as leaders or members. The ACLU has sued and sued an sued to make the Boy Scouts, a private organization, change the way it works, and to make sure the BSA has no access to an government property for meetings. This is a big finger in the eye of the ACLU, poked by the US Senate.
It is important to restate that the vote was 98-0. Even the most liberal of Senators did not say no to the Bill. The ACLU had previously argued that "direct government sponsorship for Boy Scouts was discrimination. Just absurd. But, you know the ACLU will file yet another lawsuit, sucking up the People’s money in their quest to impose their views on the American People. They just do not care that they are imposing their views on civil liberties on people who think differently.
This has been part of the Stop the ACLU blogburst. Go to the homepage and read about the ACLU supporting Satanism.
