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Read * Judging the Boy Scouts of America: Gay Rights, Freedom of Association, and the Dale Case PDF by ! Richard J. Ellis eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Judging the Boy Scouts of America: Gay Rights, Freedom of Association, and the Dale Case 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. Supreme Court. As Americans, we cherish the freedom to associate. 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 discri
| Title | : | Judging the Boy Scouts of America: Gay Rights, Freedom of Association, and the Dale Case |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (863 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0700619518 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
C. M. Carroll said Nice telling, well written. Nice telling, well written. The major failing? This publishing series explicitly forgoes footnotes. This coupled with the author's extensive tendency to insert quotes is uncomfortable. As a reader who has read most of the cited source material, those quotes are familiar. However, a reader seeking additional reading on the subject is likely to be frustrated.. Seamus O'Mordha said A thorough yet cogent review of the legal struggle for. A thorough yet cogent review of the legal struggle for the rights of gays in the Boy Scouts of America.
"With an appreciation for the realities of practice and advocacy, the book identifies Dale as part of a shift in Lambda Legal's impact litigation strategy as it moved from safer, more lucrative AIDS cases toward riskier, higher-profile work, and describes the challenges of litigating in a rapidly evolving legal and cultural environment."—Harvard Law Review
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. Supreme Court. As Americans, we cherish the freedom to associate. 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. 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. In Judging the Boy Scouts of America, Richard J. The Boy Scouts, citing their policy that denied membership to “avowed homosexuals,” promptly terminated Dale’s membership. Supreme Court in favor of the Scout
Hatfield Professor of Politics at Willamette University. Richard J. Ellis is Mark O. He is the author of many books including Presidential Travel: The Journey from George Washington to George Bush and To the Flag: The Unlikely History of the Pledge of Allegiance, both published by Kansas.
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