The Orthodox Union criticized a U.S. federal court ruling barring Defense Department assistance to a Boy Scout gathering. The court ruled June 22 that government support of the annual Jamboree was in violation of the Constitution’s Establishment Clause because Boy Scouts are required to make a nonsectarian oath of “duty to God.”
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