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...that gay people are not welcome in their ranks because their presence indicates an implicit approval of a gay lifestyle, which, according to Scout spokesmen, is in direct violation of the group's identity. The Court agreed; their ruling established that as long as the Boy Scouts believe that Dale's sexual identity renders him incompatible with the group's mission, they are free to exclude him. It does not matter, apparently, that Dale has proven himself to be well suited to the Scouts. Nor does it matter, as Dale's lawyer argued, that the Scouts do not consider their...
...case, brought by James Dale of Monmouth, N.J., challenged the Scouts' dismissal of Dale, which everyone agreed was based solely on the plaintiff's sexual orientation. Dale was long considered a golden boy of the Scouts, rising through the ranks to receive a prestigious Eagle Scout badge. In 1992, a member learned that Dale was gay, and proceeded to dismiss him from his position as an assistant scoutmaster...
...Jersey Supreme Court, which found in favor of Dale last August, came to exactly the opposite conclusion: The Scouts, they wrote, chartered by Congress in 1910, were a public organization whose reach extended far beyond individual squads into communities at large. Public institutions like churches and fire departments, they argued, routinely sponsor local troops, and according to New Jersey's anti-discrimination laws, the Scouts were required to accept Dale...
Despite its octogenarian feel, scrapbooking in many ways is in its infancy. "There is no judgment on this craft," says Dale Nicholson, marketing manager at EK Success. "It's not like learning how to tie a bow and not knowing how to do it. It's your cataloging--your who, what, where, when, why"--which is another way of saying there's no accounting for all those heart borders and Barbie stickers...
DIED. WILLIAM DALE JENNINGS, 82, author, publisher and combative gay-rights pioneer whose writings and protests led to greater tolerance of homosexuality in the late '50s; of respiratory failure; in Los Angeles...