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  In 2000, the case of Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale was brought to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case centered on Dale, a 19-year-old Eagle Scout and assistant scoutmaster in New Jersey, who came out as gay in the summer of 1990. The Boy Scouts, citing their policy that denied membership to “avowed homosexuals,”Continue reading “New book by Richard Ellis explores gay rights, freedom of association”