Author: Richard J. Ellis
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700619518
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
As Americans, we cherish the freedom to associate. However, with the freedom to associate comes the right to exclude those who do not share our values and goals. What happens when the freedom of association collides with the equally cherished principle that every individual should be free from invidious discrimination? This is precisely the question posed in Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale, a lawsuit that made its way through the courts over the course of a decade, culminating in 2000 with a landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Judging the Boy Scouts of America, Richard J. Ellis tells the fascinating story of the Dale case, placing it in the context of legal principles and precedents, Scouts' policies, gay rights, and the “culture wars” in American politics. The story begins with James Dale, a nineteen-year old Eagle Scout and assistant scoutmaster in New Jersey, who came out as a gay man in the summer of 1990. The Boy Scouts, citing their policy that denied membership to “avowed homosexuals,” promptly terminated Dale’s membership. Homosexuality, the Boy Scout leadership insisted, violated the Scouts’ pledge to be “morally straight.” With the aid of the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, Dale sued for discrimination. Ellis tracks the case from its initial filing in New Jersey through the final decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of the Scouts. In addition to examining the legal issues at stake, including the effect of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the law of free association, Ellis also describes Dale's personal journey and its intersection with an evolving gay rights movement. Throughout he seeks to understand the puzzle of why the Boy Scouts would adopt and adhere to a policy that jeopardized the organization's iconic place in American culture—and, finally, explores how legal challenges and cultural changes contributed to the Scouts’ historic policy reversal in May 2013 that ended the organization’s ban on gay youth (though not gay adults).
Judging the Boy Scouts of America
Author: Richard J. Ellis
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700619518
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
As Americans, we cherish the freedom to associate. However, with the freedom to associate comes the right to exclude those who do not share our values and goals. What happens when the freedom of association collides with the equally cherished principle that every individual should be free from invidious discrimination? This is precisely the question posed in Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale, a lawsuit that made its way through the courts over the course of a decade, culminating in 2000 with a landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Judging the Boy Scouts of America, Richard J. Ellis tells the fascinating story of the Dale case, placing it in the context of legal principles and precedents, Scouts' policies, gay rights, and the “culture wars” in American politics. The story begins with James Dale, a nineteen-year old Eagle Scout and assistant scoutmaster in New Jersey, who came out as a gay man in the summer of 1990. The Boy Scouts, citing their policy that denied membership to “avowed homosexuals,” promptly terminated Dale’s membership. Homosexuality, the Boy Scout leadership insisted, violated the Scouts’ pledge to be “morally straight.” With the aid of the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, Dale sued for discrimination. Ellis tracks the case from its initial filing in New Jersey through the final decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of the Scouts. In addition to examining the legal issues at stake, including the effect of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the law of free association, Ellis also describes Dale's personal journey and its intersection with an evolving gay rights movement. Throughout he seeks to understand the puzzle of why the Boy Scouts would adopt and adhere to a policy that jeopardized the organization's iconic place in American culture—and, finally, explores how legal challenges and cultural changes contributed to the Scouts’ historic policy reversal in May 2013 that ended the organization’s ban on gay youth (though not gay adults).
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700619518
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
As Americans, we cherish the freedom to associate. However, with the freedom to associate comes the right to exclude those who do not share our values and goals. What happens when the freedom of association collides with the equally cherished principle that every individual should be free from invidious discrimination? This is precisely the question posed in Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale, a lawsuit that made its way through the courts over the course of a decade, culminating in 2000 with a landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Judging the Boy Scouts of America, Richard J. Ellis tells the fascinating story of the Dale case, placing it in the context of legal principles and precedents, Scouts' policies, gay rights, and the “culture wars” in American politics. The story begins with James Dale, a nineteen-year old Eagle Scout and assistant scoutmaster in New Jersey, who came out as a gay man in the summer of 1990. The Boy Scouts, citing their policy that denied membership to “avowed homosexuals,” promptly terminated Dale’s membership. Homosexuality, the Boy Scout leadership insisted, violated the Scouts’ pledge to be “morally straight.” With the aid of the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, Dale sued for discrimination. Ellis tracks the case from its initial filing in New Jersey through the final decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of the Scouts. In addition to examining the legal issues at stake, including the effect of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the law of free association, Ellis also describes Dale's personal journey and its intersection with an evolving gay rights movement. Throughout he seeks to understand the puzzle of why the Boy Scouts would adopt and adhere to a policy that jeopardized the organization's iconic place in American culture—and, finally, explores how legal challenges and cultural changes contributed to the Scouts’ historic policy reversal in May 2013 that ended the organization’s ban on gay youth (though not gay adults).
Boy Scout Handbook
Author: Boy Scouts of America
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boy Scouts
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boy Scouts
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Code of Judicial Conduct for United States Judges
Author: American Bar Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Don't Judge Me!
Author: Luis Neftaly Flores
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Dan Rather of CBS News calls it "The Killing Fields of America," but little do they know about the dreams those kids had. Somehow I escaped the destruction these kids were about to get into, so I could tell my side of the story that ruined so many lives forever. I myself was blinded by the powers of darkness. We had a code and believed in death before dishonor. As I matured, I realized how there is no honor six feet under and how you're forgotten after a few decades behind bars, all because we lived by a code that was a lie. We tend to blame the man with the power to lock us up and throw away the key, but we forget who made a choice to follow that code that gave that man the power. As we sit in our cells wondering, "Why me? Why me?" I remember there is no honor in a lie. There is a way which seems right unto men, but at the end, it brings forth destruction. (Proverbs 16:25) There is an evil, which I have seen under the sun, and I lie heavily upon men. (Ecclesiastes 6:1) Nothing is truly learned until it is truly lived. (Deepak Chopra)
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Dan Rather of CBS News calls it "The Killing Fields of America," but little do they know about the dreams those kids had. Somehow I escaped the destruction these kids were about to get into, so I could tell my side of the story that ruined so many lives forever. I myself was blinded by the powers of darkness. We had a code and believed in death before dishonor. As I matured, I realized how there is no honor six feet under and how you're forgotten after a few decades behind bars, all because we lived by a code that was a lie. We tend to blame the man with the power to lock us up and throw away the key, but we forget who made a choice to follow that code that gave that man the power. As we sit in our cells wondering, "Why me? Why me?" I remember there is no honor in a lie. There is a way which seems right unto men, but at the end, it brings forth destruction. (Proverbs 16:25) There is an evil, which I have seen under the sun, and I lie heavily upon men. (Ecclesiastes 6:1) Nothing is truly learned until it is truly lived. (Deepak Chopra)
Citizenship in the Community
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780839532491
Category : Boy Scouts
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Outlines requirements for pursuing a merit badge in citizenship in the community.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780839532491
Category : Boy Scouts
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Outlines requirements for pursuing a merit badge in citizenship in the community.
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America
Author: Boy Scouts of America
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Burnham
Author: Peter Van Wyk
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412009014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
A world-traveled writer recounts the amazing adventures of an American who mentored Robert Baden-Powell and inspired the Boy Scouts. Burnham is bigger than the Chief Scout.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412009014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
A world-traveled writer recounts the amazing adventures of an American who mentored Robert Baden-Powell and inspired the Boy Scouts. Burnham is bigger than the Chief Scout.
Nomination Hearing on U.S. Circuit and U.S. District Judges
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Judge Advocate Legal Service
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Scout's Honor
Author: Peter Applebome
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 9780156029681
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Peter Applebome, self-proclaimed committed indoorsman, chronicles the experiences he had after agreeing to help with his son's scouting troop.
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 9780156029681
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Peter Applebome, self-proclaimed committed indoorsman, chronicles the experiences he had after agreeing to help with his son's scouting troop.