Scouts Ask Court to Reinstate Gay Ban
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The Boy Scouts of America, claiming a constitutional right to decide who can join its troops, asked the Supreme Court to allow it to maintain its ban on gays. The 6 million-member organization urged the court to free it from state anti-discrimination laws and, in particular, from a New Jersey law that led a state court to rule that the Scouts acted illegally in dismissing a homosexual.
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