State RFRA and nonreligious groups thathaveconscientiousobjections to antidiscrimination laws

[Andrew Wyatt]

> And not only are they unfazed by the
> question "What about a group that claimed that boys and girls should
not
> participate together in the group's activities for fear of 'erotic'
> attractions between boys and girls?" -- they are indeed such a group;
> they are, after all, the *Boy* Scouts, and (let's assume) part of
their
> reasons for being the Boy Scouts rather than the Child Scouts is
> precisely to eliminate intragroup heterosexual erotic attractions.  

For what it's worth, as a former Scout and Scout leader, I can say that
this assumption is a close match for reality.  It is rarely overtly
stated as such, but American Scouting is segregated by gender to prevent
"distractions" that allegedly result in coed groups.

Andrew Wyatt