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Boy Scouts Of America V. Dale (2000)

The U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court allowed the Boy Scouts of America to bar homosexuals from serving as troop leaders. The Court said that the Boy Scouts' decision was protected by the First Amendment right to expressive association.



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