• PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The article addresses this - they’re admitting gay troop leaders and scouts, as well as girls. The article doesn’t mention anything on the atheist front, but as a member of team rainbow who went through scouting in the 70s and 80s, these are massive changes and I’d honestly be surprised if the org went to court over atheism.

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      6 months ago

      IIRC they’ve previously fought in court for the right to exclude atheists.

      No recent court cases because private organizations are allowed to discriminate.

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        6 months ago

        They did the same for LGBT until recently.

        Being a private organization does not grant you an unlimited right to discriminate, no matter how much the right likes to pretend it does. That’s why anti-discrimination laws exist. There’s loopholes orgs have tried to use, and protections vary by state, but just being a “private organization” doesn’t mean “do whatever prejudicial thing you want.”

        Like I said, I don’t see this current iteration of the org fighting atheists in court.