May 4, 2000
High Court Hears Case of Gay Scout
At issue: can government limit how non-profit leaders are selected?
The U.S. Supreme Court last week heard arguments in a case that could determine what limits the government can place on the rights of non-profit organizations to choose their leaders.
At issue: Whether the Boy Scouts of America violated New Jersey's antidiscrimination law when it expelled James Dale, an Eagle Scout and assistant scoutmaster, in 1990 after learning that he was gay.
During a lively
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