Judging the Boy Scouts of America : Gay Rights, Freedom of Association, and the Dale Case /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellis, Richard (Richard J.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Dale, James, > 1970-
Dale, James, > 1970- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Boy Scouts of America.
Boy Scouts of America > Trials, litigation, etc.
Vereinigungsfreiheit
Homosexueller
Diskriminierungsverbot
Diskriminierung
Trials.
Homophobia > Law and legislation.
Gays > Legal status, laws, etc.
Freedom of association.
Homosexuality.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gay Studies.
LAW > Civil Rights.
LAW > Constitutional.
homosexuality.
Homosexualite.
Liberte d'association > États-Unis.
Homosexuality
Gays > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Boy Scouts > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Homophobia > Law and legislation > United States.
Freedom of association > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : freedom of association and the right to exclude
  • The model boy scout
  • In Dale's defense
  • The three Gs
  • The culture wars
  • Dale's case begins
  • The Scouts' response
  • Judging an "active sodomist"
  • Eradicating the "cancer of discrimination"
  • A unanimous court
  • Preparing for the Supreme Court
  • On the supreme stage
  • A decision is announced
  • Backlash
  • Freedom of association after Dale
  • Epilogue : "The wrong side of history."

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