Legal Opinion
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 28, 2000No. 99-699PublishedCited by 498 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
Petitioners are the Boy Scouts of America and the Monmouth Council, a division of the Boy Scouts of America (col*644lectively, Boy Scouts). The Boy Scouts is a private, not-for-profit organization engaged in instilling its system of values in young people. The Boy Scouts asserts that homosexual conduct is inconsistent with the values it seeks to instill. Respondent is James Dale, a former Eagle Scout whose adult membership in the Boy Scouts was revoked when the Boy Scouts learned that he is an avowed homosexual and gay rights activist. The New Jersey Supreme Court held that New Jersey’s public…
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