The following comes from a Feb. 6 story on SFGate.com.
The state Supreme Court’s ethics advisory committee wants the court to prohibit California judges from membership in the Boy Scouts because the 2.7 million-member youth organization bars gays and lesbians from becoming troop leaders.
If the court agrees, California will join 21 other states whose judicial ethics codes have antidiscrimination provisions that forbid judges from affiliating with the Boy Scouts.
Banning scout membership would “promote the integrity of the judiciary” and “enhance public confidence in the impartiality of the judiciary,” the ethics committee said Wednesday.
In response, Deron Smith, a spokesman at Boy Scouts headquarters in Irving, Texas, said the Scouts “would be disappointed with anything that limits our volunteers’ ability to serve more youth. … Today, more than ever, youth need the character and leadership programs of Scouting.”
The court rejected a similar proposal in 2003 from the Bar Association of San Francisco and other legal organizations. Instead, the justices decided to instruct judges to disclose any connections to the Boy Scouts in cases involving gay rights and related issues, and to disqualify themselves for any conflicts of interest.
At the time, the Scouts also barred gay youths as members, a policy the U.S. Supreme Court had upheld in 2000. The organization repealed that ban at a contentious national council meeting in May, effective this Jan. 1, but maintained the prohibition on gay and lesbian adult leaders.
The ethics committee’s unanimous recommendation is another sign of a changing climate that has included increasing public, political and judicial support for same-sex marriage. Six of the advisory committee’s eight members are judges, and the chairman is Richard Fybel, a state appeals court justice in Santa Ana.
The panel noted that 22 states, including California, prohibit judges from belonging to organizations that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, but only California exempts “nonprofit youth organizations” from that prohibition. The state’s high court, which sets judicial ethics standards, adopted that exemption in 1996 to accommodate judges affiliated with the Boy Scouts.
“Selecting one organization for special treatment is of special concern, especially in light of changes in the law in California and elsewhere prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation,” the committee said.
The Boy Scouts also ban atheists and agnostics as members. California’s judicial ethics code forbids membership in organizations that discriminate based on religion, among other categories, but has not applied it to the Scouts because of the exemption for nonprofit youth groups.
The committee has requested public comments through April 15 and has asked the court to repeal the Boy Scout exemption on Aug. 1.
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“Vengeance is mine says the Lord,” and the lord does not like little boys or teens being raped, girls either. Those who push for or much such things easier, sooner or later will get theirs whether our earthly judges are corrupt or not. There has been a warning going around in California about a man dressed as a woman, who was convicted of pedophilia previously. I did not hear if it was boys or girls or both he misused, or even if the television warning said. Perhaps it is because it is so much easier to get a small child to go with a woman than a man. I don’t know. Many people who cross dress are just up to no good. All good parents beware!
Correction to my second line: “make such things easier” instead of “much things easier”.
How can homosexual judges speak about ethics? They did not care one tiny bit when Federal (California) “judge” Vaughn Richard Walker declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional although he had had a live-in a gay lover for ten years. No ethical conflicts for perverts. The Kulturkampf goes on and on. After the homosexuals are no longer effective the anti-Christians will find some other grievance. It has been going on since the Freemasons orchestrated the French Revolution. They seek to destroy Western Civilization.
Well said Gratias. This is all part of the plan to “FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM AMERICA”
Wherever we hear the words “Ethics Committee”, we should realize that this is code word for “Freedom Confiscating Committee”.
“Banning scout membership would “promote the integrity of the judiciary” and “enhance public confidence in the impartiality of the judiciary,” the ethics committee said Wednesday.”
I don’t think there’s any chance of that, especially given the Obama appointments to the bench.
the archbishop of dublin stated today that god loves gay men and women just the same as he loves straight peoiple folks who are homophobic are also godphobic you cannot love god when you show contempt for some of his creatures, people are born gay it is genetic we do not understand it, i am 75 and gay a friend of mine, an opera star died at 105, pope francis is showing great compassion i was bullied in catholic high school called names but i havesurvived i am a retired wall street banker i have overcome much in this life and i thank the lord that in many states i may marry the person i love, god bless the usa our president our founding fathers and our supreme court
Thomas, death, disease, disorders have biological components, but they were not part of God’s created intent. They are a consequence of Original Sin. Because something has a biological component does not make it’s God’s doing. Why would God say that all homosexul acts are immoral in both the Old and New Testaments, if God created homosexuality?
“Instead, the justices decided to instruct judges to disclose any connections to the Boy Scouts in cases involving gay rights and related issues, and to disqualify themselves for any conflicts of interest.”
Odd they didn’t feel compelled to require the same disclosure of the judge in the Prop. 8 case …
This is another shocking example of the quick advance of evil. The Church needs to be stronger. It’s important that we all pray and make small, daily redemptive sacrifices on behalf of the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ.
Will they be telling Judges what Church they can not join next ?
When is the social engineering by government going to stop ?
This is totally outrageous! It basically screams to Almighty God for vengeance. But, where is the voice of the Catholic bishops? It is no where to be heard, nor found. History repeats itself. This is the Arian heresy all over again. May God have mercy on the United States, especially on California, the Golden State that is forcing us to worship a golden calf.
I also don’t understand the prohibition of scout membership among the judges, but I don’t understand your arian comment. How is this arianism?
Father, we have as a people been rewarded for our tepidity by a hierarchy rife with Aarons. That is those who will only be penitent once Moses returns from the mountain bringing the wrath of God in his wake.
God have mercy on us all for it is not the state forcing us to worship the golden calf. It is our own fault because with our lips we say we love God, but we really miss Egypt. Otherwise there would be absolutely no compromise with her.
Some call that stubborn and rigid. But I’ll bet many would have claimed Moses to be rigid when he called for clear division and then told those standing with him to act very firmly against those opposed.
God bless you for standing firm.
Your Fellow Catholic, during the Arian crisis in the church, only a few bishops had the courage and the grace to resist. Today, there are very few bishops who have the courage and grace to fight sin. That is the comparison.
And the sodomites march on, with virtually no opposition from religious or other quarters. Soon, we will be forced by law to accept and agree with their lifestyle. Then, we will be forced by law to become sodomites and participate in their lifestyle, as not participating will be deemed “hateful”. In the end, the only heterosexuals that will be allowed to exist will be those needed to reproduce boys to be served up to the sodomites.
Think this is extreme? Well, just 20 years ago it was “extreme” to warn that sodomites would one day be “marrying” and adopting children, right?
Such nonsense.
juergensen, if you believe that it is even POSSIBLE for someone to force you to become gay, then may I just suggest that you may not be as straight as you think.
Law School is based on the same type Lies and Misandry as the ‘social engineering’ fields of Academentia – and that is where the Judges come from – and the Politically Incorrect Screened out as Un-Good;
“Have you noticed the pattern?
Every few months, the abuse industry floats a shocking statistic that “proves” the abuse problem is far worse than anyone ever imagined. Columnists write articles of outrage, distraught women demand that “something” be done, and lawmakers enact a new law ….. a law that later turns out to be ineffective. (The failure of the new law to solve the problem becomes the justification for more funding, of course.)
The latest example in this pattern is the recent announcement by the White House Council on Women and Girls that “one in five” women will be raped during her lifetime.
When that “factoid” was originally released by the US Centers for Disease Control two years ago, SAVE sent a detailed complaint why the “one in five” is completely wrong:
So SAVE has now established a new webpage that tracks the pattern of ‘scare’ statistics: https://www.saveservices.org/camp/abuse-myths/
Part 2
Below is the section on the “one in five” claim. Enjoy.
Best,
Ed
E. Everett Bartlett, PhD, President
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE)
P.O. Box 1221
Rockville, MD 20849
Office: 301-801-0608
Cell: 301-670-1964
Email: ebartlett@saveservices.org
Internet: http://www.saveservices.org
SAVE is a 501(c)3 victim-advocacy organization working for evidence-based solutions to domestic violence and sexual assault.
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‘One in Five’ Rape Factoid:
•“A woman could list instances of consensual sex she had while intoxicated that she did not consider to be rape — that were in fact not rape — and the researchers would nonetheless classify her as a rape victim….The bogus “one in five” formulation does more to obscure the issue than to honestly address it.” (Katherine Connell: Twisting Sexual-Assault Statistics)
•“Three quarters of the female students who were classified as victims of sexual assault by incapacitation did not believe they had been raped.” (Cathy Young: The White House Overreaches on Campus Rape)
•“The New White House report on rape and sexual assault ignores the growing problem of false allegations and relies on inflated rape statistics. Three peer-reviewed studies have found the rate of false accusations of rape to range from 41% to 60%.” (Suzanne Venker: An Open Letter to Joe Biden)
•“It’s a little shocking to read a White House report that effectively assumes all accusations or reports of rape are true, and all of the accused are guilty.” (Wendy Kaminer: ‘Believe The Victim’? Maybe — But Protect The Rights Of The Accused, Too)
It is time for the Church to evaluate any continued relationship with the ‘Happy Scouts’ anyway – and perhaps find an exclusively Catholic Alternative (several are in consideration) OR
To Join The TLUSA /Trail Life USA movement – and make that Tool Available to f Helping Boys to become Good Men:
“American Boys Take Trail Life for a Trial Run (Family Research Council)
Last year, the Boy Scouts made the tragic decision to turn their back on more than 100 years of tradition and allow open homosexuals into their ranks. Now, the organization is facing the consequences.
As FRC and others predicted, this reversal of the BSA’s longtime commitment to traditional moral values has led to a growing decline in Scout membership. By their own estimate, Scouting lost six percent — an estimated 160,000 boys and Scout leaders — of their membership in 2013.
While we mourn the decline of a great American institution, we celebrate the launch of a new, unashamedly Christian outdoor leadership program for boys and young men, Trail Life USA.
TLUSA started last month with between 500-600 troops nationwide and has alre ady developed into a comprehensive service, skill training, character, and leadership ministry to America’s young boys.
To find out about a TLUSA troop near you, or to start one in your community, go to TLUSA.com.
Scalia: The devil is getting ‘wilier’ and society is getting coarser
By Debra Cassens Weiss – ABA journal
The devil portrayed in the Bible has changed his ways, substituting wile for old-fashioned possession, according to Justice Antonin Scalia.
Scalia talks about his belief in the devil, his disdain for the F-word and Facebook friending, and one constitutional flaw in a lengthy interview with New York magazine.
Scalia tells interviewer Jennifer Senior that he guesses he was always an originalist, even though law professors teach the evolving Constitution. “I am something of a contrarian, I suppose,” he says.
“I feel less comfortable when everybody agrees with me. I say, ‘I better re-examine my position!’ I probably believe that the worst opinions in my court have been unanimous. Because there’s nobody on the other side pointing out all the flaws.”
Scalia also talks to the interviewer about heaven and hell, leaning over to confess in a stage whisper that he also believes in the devil:
Scalia: “You know, it is curious. In the Gospels, the devil is doing all sorts of things. He’s making pigs run off cliffs, he’s possessing people and whatnot. And that doesn’t happen very much anymore. … It’s because he’s smart. … What he’s doing now is getting people not to believe in him or in God. He’s much more successful that way. … He got wilier.”
“The fact that Devils are predominately comic figures in the modern iimagination will help you. If any faint suspicion of your existence begins to rise in his mind, suggest to him a picture of something in red tights, and persuade him that since you cannot believe in that, he therefore cannot believe in you…”
“Our policy, for the moment, is to conceal ourselves. Of course this has not always been so. We are really faced with a cruel dilemma. When the humans disbelieve in our existence, we lose all the pleasing results of direct terrorism and we make no magicians. On the other hand when they believe in us, we cannot make them materials and skeptics. At least not yet.” (Chapter 7, Screwtape to Wormwood, The Screwtape Letters)
(re. Michael McDermott’s comments, Justice Scalia)
Those wiles certainly did not fool the venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen!
Quote from Bishop Sheen
“The Antichrist will not be so called; otherwise he would have no followers. He will not wear red tights, nor vomit sulphur, nor carry a trident nor wave an arrowed tail as Mephistopheles in Faust. This masquerade has helped the Devil convince men that he does not exist. When no man recognizes, the more power he exercises. God has defined Himsel as “I am Who am,” and the Devil as “I am who am not.”
continued
” Nowhere in Sacred Scripture do we find warrant for the popular myth of the Devil as a buffoon who is dressed like the first “red.” Rather is he described as an angel fallen from heaven, as “the Prince of this world,” whose business it is to tell us that there is no other world. His logic is simple: if there is no heaven there is no hell; if there is no hell, then there is no sin; if there is no sin, then there is no judge, and if there is no judgment then evil is good and good is evil. But above all these descriptions, Our Lord tells us that he will be so much like Himself that he would deceive even the elect–and certainly no devil ever seen in picture books could deceive even the elect. How will he come in this new age to win followers to his religion?
The pre-Communist Russian belief is that he will come disguised as the Great Humanitarian; he will talk peace, prosperity and plenty not as means to lead us to God, but as ends in themselves. . . .
. . . The third temptation in which Satan asked Christ to adore him and all the kingdoms of the world would be His, will become the temptation to have a new religion without a Cross, a liturgy without a world to come, a religion to destroy a religion, or a politics which is a religion–one that renders unto Caesar even the things that are God’s.
(Fulton J. Sheen, Communism and the Conscience of the West [Bobbs-Merril Company, Indianapolis, 1948], pp. 24-25)
“Judges, Hubris, and Same-Sex Marriage – By Dennis Prager
…All these judges have a hubris that is simply breathtaking. They not only know that they read the Constitution more accurately than the vast majority of the residents of many of America’s states, but they are also entirely comfortable with forcing great majorities of Americans to accept this new definition of marriage.
That it is conceit rather than legal reasoning is easily shown when one peruses the opinions of these judges.
I will cite only Judge Vaughn Walker as an example:
Read more: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/02/18/judges_hubris_and_same-sex_marriage__121611.html#ixzz2tjwAiqCd