Judge invalidates Boy Scout Lease

[Mari333]

SAN DIEGO --
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the city of San Diego acted improperly when it leased 18 acres of its main public park to the Boy Scouts for a token fee, saying the organization's policies on gays and religion disqualified it from preferential treatment.

U.S. District Judge Napoleon Jones Jr. said the lawsuit against the city was "predictable fallout" from a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2000 that the Scouts could exclude gays from serving as troop leaders.
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[sybylla]

1. Good news

That exclusion ruling should come back to haunt them. There is no way tax dollars should be supporting discriminatory organizations. They can pay the same fees as everyone else does for using public property.