Boy+Scouts+of+America+v.+Dale

=Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (Mr. Correll)=  Kasey Zaremba and Katie Zavodnick 


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Boy Scouts of America revoked former Eagle Scout James Dale's adult membership when they discovered he was homosexual.1992, Dale filed a suit against Boy Scouts. The Boy Scout is private, not for profit organization. It was attempting to in still young people with good values and believed homosexuality was not one of them. The New Jersey superior court held that New Jersey’s public accommodations law was inapplicable. The court concluded that Boy Scouts first Amendment freedom of expressive association prevented the government from forcing the Boy scouts to accept Dale as adult leader. The decision was made on Wednesday, June 28, 2000. There was five votes for Boy Scouts and four against.The court appellate division held that New Jersey held New Jersey’s public accommodations law applied the Boy Scouts. The impact on this case was that there could only be homosexual leaders,teachers, or coaches if the group or organzation is private and agrees on it other wise it is not legal. The dissenting agrument was whether a state law requiring a Boy Scout Troop to appoint an avowed homosexual and gay rights activist as an assitant scoutmaster responsible for communicating Boy Scouts's mural values to youth members abridges First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and freedom of association.

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