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Article: [0] Boy Scouts can keep gays from becoming troop leaders, Supreme Court rules.(The Dallas Morning News)
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- June 28, 2000
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WASHINGTON _ Dealing a setback to gay rights advocates, the Supreme Court said Wednesday that the Boy Scouts of America is a private organization that can exclude homosexuals.
In a narrowly drawn 5-4 decision, the justices reversed the New Jersey Supreme Court, which had called the Boy Scouts a public organization subject to state laws against discrimination.
"The New Jersey ruling had threatened the autonomy of every organization, from the Girl Scouts to the Gay Men's Chorus," said George Davidson, a New York City attorney who argued the Scouts' case before the Supreme Court on April 26. "What this ruling preserves is the Boy Scouts' ability to chart ...