European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 7,1993 . The stars and stripes Page court lets scouts keep pledge to god Washington a the supreme court refused monday to require the boy scouts of America to let in Young people who wont acknowledge a duty to god. The court acting without comment on the Appeal of an 11-year-old boy from Illinois left intact a ruling that said the scouting organization is not subject to a Federal anti Bias Law. The Law at Issue bans religious discrimination by Public accommodations. Mondays action was not a ruling on the merits of the scouts policy and carries no direct Impact for other Legal fights Over it. But Young Mark Welsh a lawsuit was the first of its kind to reach the nations highest court. Although the organization had won in lower courts the scouts asked the justices to review the boys Appeal. Quot there Are limits on the financial and administrative capacity of any Volunteer organization to litigate these cases in forum after forum a said lawyers for the scouts. The organization also is defending itself against lawsuits challenging its policy of barring homosexuals. Mark and his father Elliott who live in the Chicago suburb of Hinsdale Are agnostics according to court papers. They sued the scouts in 1990. When he was 7, Mark bad applied to join a Tiger cub group but refused to sign a pledge in which boys Promise to a love god. As a result he was denied  cub scout or boy scout must Promise to a do my duty to god and my  a Federal trial judge and the 7th . Circuit court of appeals ruled that the boy scouts of America unlike restaurants hotels and places of entertainment is not a Public accommodation coveted by title 11 of the civil rights act of 1964. The Law bars discrimination based on race color religion or National origin. A Congress expressly excluded private clubs such As inc scouts a the appeals court ruled by a 2-1 vote last May. The dissenting judge called the Tulip to a a stingy and narrow Reading of the Law. Lawyers for the scouts emphasized a the rights of. Members. To form an association for the purpose of expressing transmitting and reinforcing certain Val us and beliefs including religious ones a they said the organization has a right a to limit membership to those who share those values and  a. Vvv1 Sec it it v k 5 s Quot it i2v a a v %1 f v v a a a  a it Ivy v 9 i 1 a i a a former Catholic priest James r. Porter listens to testimony from one of his victims at a sentencing hearing monday in new Bedford mass. He has admitted to abusing 28 children sexually in the 1960s.tearful sex priest gets 18-20 years for molestations new Bedford mass. Apr a former priest who admitted molesting 28 children was sentenced monday to 18 to 20 years in prison by a judge who rejected his tearful Pica for treatment instead. James r. Porter pleaded guilty oct. 5 to 27 charges of indecent assault and Battery of a child under 14, As Well As 14 related charges stemming from his conduct As a priest in three Massachusetts parishes in the 1960s. As Porter wiped away tears Many of the 28 adults he a admitted molesting As children pleaded monday with Superior court judge Robert Steadman for Porter to be imprisoned. The judge sentenced Porter 58, to four concurrent sentences of 18 to 20 years for sodomy and to numerous concurrent 3 to 5-Ycar sentences for indecent assault and Battery against children under 14, As Well As for indecent acts against children under 16. A Twenty one victims testified some suggesting life imprisonment or castration. A i have no Trust in anyone your Honor including the court system a one victim Peter Cater on told the judge. A this individual needs to be stopped a Calder on added. Quot a Strong message needs to be  prosecutor Rende Dupuis had urged that Porter be sentenced to two consecutive 18 to 20-year sentences. Defense lawyer Peter  recommended that Porter be sent for treatment to Minnesota where he now lives with his wife and four children. Porter left the Priesthood in 1970. Porter conceded he is not cured of paedophilia saying a what led me to the. Things that 1 did is still  county jail lets Tormentor have pass to visit victim Franklin wis. A a Man jailed for beating and harassing a woman got a thanksgiving Day pass after asking in writing to visit her. Fifteen minutes after walking out of the Milwaukee county House of correction David Schlemm was on Renae Hertlein a porch demanding to come in As she hid in a locked bathroom. A for him to be at the door was unbelievable Quot said Hertlein smother Joanne Bushberger who ran into the Street in her pyjamas crying for help. A a that a like Charles Manson going to the tates for  the women Are threatening to sue the county. Corrections officials apologized and pledged to keep a closer Eye on those receiving Holiday passes. Jail Security manager Jerry Weinzatl admitted a mistake was made. A thank god it Wasny to worse. This tells me that when Christmas comes lets watch these things a Little closer a Weinzatl said. Hertlein 31, said she met Schlemm in the summer of 1992, dated him once and could not get rid of him. Court records say Schlemm forced himself into her life and her Home. Schlemm 24, was sentenced in May to nine months in jail for battering Hertlein and violating a court order to stay away from her. For decades Holiday passes have been Given on thanksgiving and Christmas to prisoners who Are eligible for work release Weinzatl said. On schlemme a thanksgiving pass application he wrote that he wanted to visit Hertlein calling her his Fiancee and spelling both her names wrong. Schlemm was Back in jail charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing for his visit to Hertlein. If convicted As a habitual offender Schlemm faces up to seven years in state prison. A hearing was expected to be scheduled this week on whether to revoke his work release privileges. 2 die when fishing boat sinks Point Lookout map water gushing through a Loose Plank May have sunk a charter boat in an Accident that threw 23 people into the rough Chilly Waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Two people died and six were injured. Coast guard spokesman Robert Snyder said investigators will follow up reports that a Plank came off the fishing boat s Hull. One passenger was in critical condition and five other people including the Captain were hospitalized after the 60 foot Eltoro u Sank in the Bay about four Miles from Shore sunday authorities said. Those aboard including three children were plucked from 6-foot Waves whipped by 20 Mph winds coast guard spokesman Stan Fifield said. Some passengers bobbed in the 50-degree water for two hours before they were rescued. Edgar Curtis Philips jr., 19, of Piney Point and Robert Bernard Shipe 45, of Mechanicsville were pronounced dead at hospitals. Moose jewelry nothing to sniff at Portland Maine a there a something new on the Market for tourists desperate for a unique memento of their visit to Maine a earrings tie clasps and key rings decorated with genuine Moose manure. A they Are the hottest Selling items this season Quot said Richard Whitney owner of Maine line products. The company introduced the a Moose drop jewelry this season promoting it As the ultimate in recycling. The jewelry decorated with Pellet like Moose droppings is made by naturalist Christopher Lewey. Lewey of Conway n.h., leads natural history trips and teaches courses in ecology and ornithology an occupation that has Given him More than a passing familiarity with Many varieties of animal excrement. Lewey lacquers his raw material to make it odor free and durable. He uses Only Winter Moose droppings which Are 99 percent Wood reflecting the ruminants seasonal diet of twigs and bark