The Next Rosa Parks?

[thismeintiel]

SpokenTruth said:

thismeintiel said:

I'm just observing what's going on in the world. And the change in 2015 was forced upon them, as they were being faced with several state investigations and lawsuits. They made it all go away, at least for a couple of years. Highly doubt  it's any different here. 

I just told you the last time they were sued for discrimination against girls was 25 years ago.  The last state ruling came in 1998 which noted that the Boy Scouts of America are a membership organization, not a business, and therefore can set its own membership criteria. 

In other words, their organizational status gave them legal grounds to deny the inclusion of girls from joining.  No matter how much pressure is placed upon them, they cannot be legally forced to include girls.  So their policy change to include girls was based on the interests of the organization, not fear for being sued.

My point is the political climate has changed. What happened in 1991 doesn't change the fact that they were/are under a lot of pressure from PC warriors, more recently, as well as states that side with them. Like I said, in 2015 they were being threatened with state investigations and looming lawsuits from gay rights activists. They changed the policy to avoid that. No doubt, that is what happened here. They saw the writing on the wall and changed policy to not have to face it.