Word: dale
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...Dale had spent a dozen years in the group, earning 30 merit badges, rising to the level of eagle scout before becoming an assistant scoutmaster. But then Scout officials saw a photo in a local New Jersey paper that identified Dale as a leader of the Lesbian/Gay Alliance at Rutgers University. The Scouts promptly expelled him. Dale's ouster, the court declared, was "based on little more than prejudice"; he had "never used his leadership position or membership [in the Scouts] to promote homosexuality, or any message inconsistent with Boy Scouts' policies" of being "morally straight" and "clean...
...appeal. Meanwhile, atheists who sued for membership were ruled out of order, as was a woman who wanted to be a scoutmaster. But last week the New Jersey supreme court brought an end to the win streak. In a unanimous decision, the seven justices upheld the membership of James Dale, 29, a gay assistant scoutmaster expelled...
...Hearing a lawsuit brought by James Dale, now 29, a New Jersey assistant scoutmaster expelled from the organization nine years ago after a newspaper revealed his sexual orientation, the New Jersey bench ruled unanimously that the Boy Scouts? broad-based membership and partnerships with police and fire departments and other public entities rendered it a "place of public accommodation" ? legally on a par with, say, a restaurant ? and therefore bound by the state?s anti-discrimination laws. "The New Jersey ruling is an important victory for the gay rights movement," says TIME correspondent Adam Cohen. "The ?place of public accommodation...
...Dale Russakoff '74 says "this very male policy" had major effects on her education...
...Dale Russakoff '74 says "this very male policy" had major effects on her education...