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One of the problems with our society is that the government has it's hand and it's funding in almost everything. I don't think public institutions should take s

One of the problems with our society is that the government has it's hand and it's funding in almost everything. I don't think public institutions should take sides, which means they should get out of interfering with private institutions. If the government didn't take a large percentage of our money to hand out to organizations we disagree with, then maybe we could support the things we do agree with. I wish they didn't have a congressional charter, maybe then they'd be more independent.

EvanAnderson 8y ago
Your libertarian-leaning sentiments don't change the facts. The Boy Scouts of America have a congressional charter. They've used that charter to bully other programs into changing their names (evidence "Youthscouts"[1] or "Hacker Scouts"[2]). If they're going to use the imprimatur of the United States Congress to their advantage then it follows, to me, that they aren't a run-of-the-mill private organization and should be bound by the Constitution in the same way as other public entities. (Their discrimination against atheists, for example, is directly in conflict with the first amendment and, to my mind, unconscionable.) I'm glad to see the Girl Scouts (also federally chartered) going after them. The Girl Scouts have a much better track record of being a good actor when it comes to discrimination and acting like the public entity that they are. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrenn_v._Boy_Scouts_of_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrenn_v._Boy_Scouts_of_America [2] - https://web.archive.org/web/20130821172216/http://hacker-scouts.org/blog/hacker-scouts-and-bsa https://web.archive.org/web/20130821172216/http://hacker-sco...