RIVERSIDE — A recently unsealed federal complaint filed by the American Civil Liberties Union accuses a local Boy Scout Council of fraudulently accepting federal funds because it signed an agreement stating it would comply with federal and state anti-discrimination laws in order to get a grant.
Glenn Goodwin, a Claremont resident and ACLU member, filed the suit in a Riverside Federal Court in July of last year.
The suit seeks damages in accordance with the Federal False Claims Act on the grounds that Boy Scouts of America knowingly signed an agreement stating it would not discriminate in order to get a $15,000 grant through the County of San Bernardino.
In 2000, the Boy Scouts of America got a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court where justices agreed that it is a private organization that can choose its members any way it likes.
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