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Gay Scouts Linda talks with Irwin Chemerinsky, a professor of law at the University of Southern California, about a California state Supreme Court ruling today stating that the Boy Scouts of America organization is NOT covered by California civil rights laws, and can therefore exclude gays, agnostics and atheists. The court said the Scouts are not a business are free, like any private organization, to set their own membership policies.

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Gay Scouts

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Gay Scouts

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Linda talks with Irwin Chemerinsky, a professor of law at the University of Southern California, about a California state Supreme Court ruling today stating that the Boy Scouts of America organization is NOT covered by California civil rights laws, and can therefore exclude gays, agnostics and atheists. The court said the Scouts are not a business are free, like any private organization, to set their own membership policies.