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The case will also help decide how much legislators can advance gay equality. Eleven states have laws barring employers from firing workers for being gay, and at least eight more have considered such legislation this year. The Boy Scouts contend that hiring openly gay leaders would interfere with the Scouts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can A Scout Be Gay? | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

But even if most scouts and their parents don't discuss homosexuality, some care deeply about it. Opponents of gay equality--not just Scout officials but also Fundamentalist Christian landlords who don't want gays to move in, and conservative charitable groups that don't want to serve gays--are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can A Scout Be Gay? | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

Boy Scouts attorney George Davidson protests that their anti-gay position is "hardly under a rock," but he admits that if you check out SCOUTING.ORG, read the Boy Scout Handbook or go with your son to a troop meeting, you'll hear nothing about gays. He also acknowledges that, perversely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can A Scout Be Gay? | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

The Miranda warnings have come to embody the rule of law that distinguishes America from so many other nations, where coercion of confessions is commonplace. They provide assurance that only truly voluntary confessions, made after individuals knowingly waive their rights, can be admissible in court. The Miranda ruling unequivocally ensures...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Upholding the Miranda Ruling | 4/28/2000 | See Source »

In July 1987, the Boston Licensing Board strong-armed the elite Brahmin fraternities. They adopted a rule calling for the revocation of the food and liquor licenses of clubs that have more than 100 members, are used for business or professional purposes and choose members on the basis of sex...

Author: By Samuel Hornblower, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Old Boys' Clubs | 4/27/2000 | See Source »

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