Boy Scouts: Public Accommodation

Dale v. The Boy Scouts of America O?Brien,1 Dale v. The Boy Scouts of America O?Brien, Dale v. The Boy Scouts of America O?Brien, 2 Boy Scouts of America v. Dale: Equal Rights Nathan O?Brien Liberty High School 4A In the court case of Dale v. The Boy Scouts of America, James Dale took the organization to court for revoking his Boy Scout membership for being openly gay. The Boy Scouts of America stated that homosexual conduct contradicted the morals the

5-4 ruling that the Boy Scouts of America could prohibit gay men and boys from gaining membership. This case came about when James Dale, assistant Scoutmaster to Troop 73 of New Jersey, was notified that his adult membership to the Boys Scouts of America was revoked based on the fact that his sexual orientation was viewed as inconsistent with the Boy Scouts of America’s values by Monmouth Council Executive, James Kay. James Dale joined the Boy Scouts of America as a Cub Scout when he was eight years

Dale v. Boy Scouts of America This case deals with the Plaintiff's expulsion from his position as Assistant Scoutmaster in a Boy Scouts of America (henceforth called "BSA") troop due to his status as an active homosexual. Dale, the Plaintiff, was serving as an Assistant Scoutmaster in 1990, when, due to a local newspaper article, it was discovered by officials in the local Monmouth BSA Council that he was an active homosexual. A letter was sent to Dale by the Council, notifying him of their decision

on the Constitution, such as the right to privacy. Some court cases that are tied with the ninth amendment is the Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978), City of Richmond v. J.A. Orson Co (1989), Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000), and Grutter v. Bollinger. Griswold v. Connecticut was argued on March 28-29, 1965 and the decision of the Supreme Court was decided on June 7, 1965. It was questioned whether or not the Constitution protected the rights

For my service learning I helped out the local Boy Scout troop in my town. Every year they do a roast beef dinner. This dinner helps raise money to help cut some off the cost for the boys so they can go on fun trips and go camping. What I did to help them out was I came out Friday night before the dinner and helped them prep all the vegetables, which included 165 lbs of potatoes peeled and chopped, 150 lbs of carrots, 90 lbs of mushrooms. Then on Saturday the day of the dinner, I worked in the

14. Constitutional Question: Does the separation of powers provide the President with an absolute power to withhold information from the other branches? Background Information: After the Watergate Scandal, a man by the name of Leon Jaworski who was in charge of conducting the investigation obtained a subpoena which ordered Nixon to give up tapes and papers related to the meetings. Nixon asserted that he had an absolute executive privilege to protect communications and only released some of them

Without question, Tom Robinson would be better off today. He would be able to vote. He would have access to all public accommodations. He could win a seat in Congress, be appointed to the Supreme Court, he could even be President. In fact, Tom Robinson could live a life completely unimaginable and unrecognizable to the characters in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”. No lynching’s. No all white male juries. No presumption of guilt based on skin color. No state-sanctioned discrimination.

The story of Jimmy Carter is a story of a little boy who goes blind at the age of eleven. Jimmy lived a very normal life. He enjoyed playing baseball with his friends, and hiking with his scout troop. One day, when Jimmy and his friends were playing baseball out at the old sandlot, they find a firecracker where a firework stand had been set up previously. One of the boys, Mike, decides to light the firecracker and it gets thrown at Jimmy’s face. Jimmy is immediately sent to the hospital where his

action with any Black. Jim Crow had separate bathrooms, schools, churches, cemeteries and public accommodations for each race(Pilgrim). There were many reasons for the laws. For example, a black male could not offer or shake hands with a white woman because he would be accused of rape(“Jim Crow laws”) A Black could also never offer to light a white females' cigarette or show public affection toward another in public because it showed intimacy and offended Whites(“Jim Crow laws”). Boating implied social

Introduction There are thousands of children who play sports in the communities on facilities supported by residents through their tax dollars. The Miracle League of El Paso provides disabled children and young adults in our communities who cannot participate in a sport on a conventional field with a place to play baseball. The Miracle League of El Paso removes the obstructions that stop children with disabilities off the baseball field and allows them to experience playing the field. The