California Supreme Court
Jan. 27, 2015
Supreme Court approves Boy Scout ban for judges
After a year of consideration and contentious debate, the Supreme Court of California voted to officially bar judges from being adult leaders with the Boy Scouts because of the youth group's anti-gay policies.
Daily Journal Staff Writers
SAN FRANCISCO - The state Supreme Court agreed Friday to bar judges from belonging to the Boy Scouts because of its discriminatory policies towards gays.
The justices voted unanimously to confirm the proposal, which was proposed last February by the court's judicial ethics committee. But the history of the proposal is far longer than that. It was first suggested 13 years ago but fa...
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