The UUA and the Boy Scouts of America:
A Continuing Struggle for Inclusiveness

Court Cases & Briefs

• Curran v. Mount Diablo Council, BSA . Timothy Curran, a former Eagle Scout, had his application to become an assistant scoutmaster rejected by the Mount Diablo Council of the BSA after Curran publicly stated that he is a homosexual.
• Findings of Fact, Pool & Geller v. Boy Scouts of America. "Taken together, the Boy Scouts' policy of excluding homosexuals adds up to one thing -- it is not the Scout Oath or the Scout Law, it is not role models, traditional family values, history, the consensus of religions, some need for standardization or any other of the purported rationales that animate this policy; it is prejudice"
• Supplemental Findings of Fact, Pool & Geller v. Boy Scouts of America. "Complainants believe that their proposed Findings and Conclusions cover the vast majority of points the Boy Scouts make and explain the evidence and law that the Boy Scouts do not discuss. Accordingly, rather than review each point with which they disagree, Complainants will focus on rebutting the specific points that appear to lie at the heart of the Boy Scouts' arguments."

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