Legal Opinion
Curran v. Mount Diablo Council of Boy Scouts of America
California Supreme Court
Decided March 23, 1998No. S039738PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GEORGE, C. J.
Plaintiff is a former Eagle Scout whose application to become an assistant scoutmaster was rejected by defendant, a regional council of the Boy Scouts of America, after plaintiff publicly stated that he is a homosexual and publicly expressed his commitment to communicating to others his view as to the acceptability and morality of homosexuality, a view defendant maintains conflicts with its official position that homosexuality is immoral. Plaintiff unsuccessfully sought an injunction prohibiting defendant from rejecting his application.
We emphasize at the outset that the…
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