Boy Scouts ask for dismissal of NAACP lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in Latter-day Saint troops due to link between scout leadership and priesthood positions.
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- News (traditional)
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- New York Times Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- Journalism
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Boy Scouts ask dismissal of N.A.A.C.P. racial suit, The New York Times, August 29, 1974, p. 17, accessed January 5, 2022
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- New York Times
- People
- Edward L. Clyde, New York Times
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- General Public
- Transcription
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 28 (AP)—The Boy Scouts of America has denied allegations of racial discrimination in troops sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‐day Saints and asked for dismissal of a lawsuit by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
In a document filed yesterday in United States District Court, Edward L. Clyde of Salt Lake City, an attorney for the Scouts, listed seven defenses in the suit filed against the national and local Scout officials and a troop sponsored by the Mormon Church.
The suit charges the Scouts with racial discrimination resulting from a church policy which linked priesthood positions with Scout leadership. Blacks are denied the Mormon priesthood.
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