BSA Executive Committee's decision on resolution caves under the guise of compromise
“For over a century, the Boy Scouts have stood strong and represented the essence of what makes America great. Going against its longstanding membership policy, the Boy Scouts of America Executive Committee has now decided to push forward a resolution allowing members to be of any ‘sexual orientation or preference.’ This is only the beginning of a sea change as those promoting this agenda won’t rest until there is complete acceptance of any sexual preference for both leaders and members. This is no compromise; it is capitulation, plain and simple. The Boy Scouts must remember that the Constitution protects--and the Supreme Court has affirmed--their freedom to promote and practice the values that have served to shape our nation’s boys into leaders for well over 100 years.”
- Summary of Alliance Defending Freedom letter to Boy Scouts of America
- One-page fact sheet and legal analysis based on the letter to Boy Scouts of America
- Online petition: Defending Scouts’ Honor
- Editorial cartoon: Boy Scouts in the Cultural Wilderness
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David A. Cortman serves as senior counsel and vice president of U.S. litigation with Alliance Defending Freedom. He has been practicing law since 1996, and currently supervises a team of over 40 attorneys and legal staff who specialize in constitutional law, focusing on religious freedom, sanctity of life, and marriage and family. Cortman has litigated hundreds of constitutional law cases including two victories at the U.S. Supreme Court. In Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer, he secured a 7-2 victory that overturned Missouri’s denial of a religious school’s participation in a state funding program. Cortman also argued Reed v. Town of Gilbert, securing a 9-0 ruling that prohibits the government from discriminating against religious speech. A member of the bar in Georgia, Florida, Arizona, and the District of Columbia, he is also admitted to practice in over two dozen federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Cortman obtained his J.D. magna cum laude from Regent University School of Law.