This story and here it is. Californias state senator ricardo lara is turning the heat up on the boy scouts moving to strip them of their tax exempt status unless they start allowing in gays. Its important for us to set the tone in california that we are not going to condone discrimination. Reporter and since federal law bars the state from denying the scouts the use of schools or state parks lara and 13 fellow democrats decided to hit the scouts in the wallet. Nonprofit status is a privilege thats given by the Financial Support of all californians. And so if an organization is discriminating they shouldnt be privileged. Reporter official at the scouting district declined to comment saying they havent had time to study the tax plan but republicans were quick to enter the fray. I think its an issue of political posturing. We have been waiting for the boy scouts to end the discrimination practice for a while now. We had a meeting in which they decided to kick the can and allow individual
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