· Case: Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
· Year: 2000
· Result: 5-4, favor Boy Scouts of America
· Related constitutional issue/amendment:Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly
· Civil rights or Civil liberties: Civil Rights
· Significance/precedent: the Court held that "applying New Jersey's public accommodations law to require the Boy Scouts to admit Dale violates the Boy Scouts' First Amendment right of expressive association.” The Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America has a constitutional right to ban homosexuals from serving as troop leaders.
· Quote from majority opinion: "Applying New Jersey's public accommodations law to require the Boy Scouts to admit Dale violates the Boy Scouts' First Amendment right of expressive association. [t]he Boy Scouts asserts that homosexual conduct is inconsistent with the values it seeks to instill, and that a gay troop leader's presence would, at the very least, force the organization to send a message, both to the young members and the world, that the Boy Scouts accepts homosexual conduct as a legitimate form of behavior."
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· 6-word summary: America Boy Scouts, Ban Homosexual leaders
· Year: 2000
· Result: 5-4, favor Boy Scouts of America
· Related constitutional issue/amendment:Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly
· Civil rights or Civil liberties: Civil Rights
· Significance/precedent: the Court held that "applying New Jersey's public accommodations law to require the Boy Scouts to admit Dale violates the Boy Scouts' First Amendment right of expressive association.” The Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America has a constitutional right to ban homosexuals from serving as troop leaders.
· Quote from majority opinion: "Applying New Jersey's public accommodations law to require the Boy Scouts to admit Dale violates the Boy Scouts' First Amendment right of expressive association. [t]he Boy Scouts asserts that homosexual conduct is inconsistent with the values it seeks to instill, and that a gay troop leader's presence would, at the very least, force the organization to send a message, both to the young members and the world, that the Boy Scouts accepts homosexual conduct as a legitimate form of behavior."
· Illustration/image: See Below
· 6-word summary: America Boy Scouts, Ban Homosexual leaders