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Scouts from charity list
Organization plans to appeal, say ruling in Connecticut case was
improperly based on Boy Scouts' viewpoint condemning homosexuality
By Matt Sedensky
Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn.— Connecticut did not
violate the rights of the Boy Scouts when it
removed the group from a list of charities that
state employees contribute to through a pay-
roll deduction plan, a U.S. District Court judge
has ruled.
The Connecticut State Employee Campaign
Committee removed the Boy Scouts from its
list in 2000. The move came after the state's
Commission on Human Rights and
Opportunities found that including the Boy
Scouts on the list violated the state's anti-dis-
crimination laws, because of the scouts' policy
that bars gays from their organization.
The Irving, Texas-based Boy Scouts and one
Connecticut scouting council filed a federal
discrimination lawsuit against the state, argu-
ing that exclusion from the list was a First
Amendment violation.
The lawsuit followed a U.S. Supreme Court
ruling that found the Boy Scouts had a right to
ban gay leaders.
U.S. District Court Judge Warren Eginton
ruled in favor of the state.
"It has been readily acknowledged by all
parties that the BSA may discriminate on the
basis of sexual orientation," Eginton wrote.
"But the issue before this Court is not a matter
of the BSA's viewpoint on homosexuality, but
of the BSA's compliance with the laws of the
State of Connecticut."
State Comptroller Nancy Wyman, a named
defendant in the lawsuit, said she was grati-
fied by the court's decision.
"It just basically states that the state of
Connecticut does not, and cannot by law, do
business with organizations that discrimi-
nate," Wyman said.
George Davidson, a lawyer who represent-
ed the Boy Scouts, said the group would
appeal.
"We remain confident that the Boy Scouts
will be successful," Davidson said. They "have
been singled out on the basis of viewpoint."
The campaign committee hires the United
Way to collect the employee payroll deduc-
tions. But the state has the right to prevent the
fund raiser from giving the Boy Scouts any
contributions not designated for a particular
agency.
The 2001 campaign collected about $1.6
million from state employees.
The last time the Boy Scouts participated in
the campaign, in 1999, state employees con-
tributed $9,950 directly to them. The Scouts
also received a portion of $200,000 in non-des-
ignated contributions.
Eginton's ruling was hailed by gay groups.
"The ruling makes clear that while the Boy
Scouts may be allowed to discriminate, they
are not entitled to any special privileges from
the state," said Karen Loewy, an attorney with
the Gay & Lesbian Advocates and &
Defenders.
A spokesman for the Boy Scouts said the
lawsuit was not about privileges, but
Constitutional rights.
"We respect everybody's right to have an
opinion," said Greg Shields, the Scouts'
national spokesman. "But we have a right to
an opinion as well. We have a right to hold our
values and beliefs just as everybody else
does." ▼
Civil unions — easy to
get, difficult to dissolve
former partner of 15 years.
An appeals court announced last week it
has no interest in the case because Connecticut
doesn't recognize legal relationships of same-
sex partners.
Although the men entered into their civil
union in Vermont, Vermont requires at least
one party to live there for a year before its fam-
ily courts will rule on a dissolution.
Glen Rosengarten, 54, and Peter Downes,
who's in his late 30s, separated more than a
year and a half ago, but they still haven't fig-
ured out how to legally end their relationship.
Connecticut court won't intervene
in case of gay men who seek end
of civil union obtained in Vermont
By Don Maines
Dallas Voice Staff
Connecticut courts have told a gay man
they won't help him legally dissolve the
Vermont civil union he entered into with his
AUGUST 2, 2002
DALLAS VOICE
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