Response to Andrew's Final Project

As I read Andrew’s Blog’s final research project I was very fascinated because there are many events about same sex marriage that took place in the past that I had never heard about before. One of the topics discussed, “Boy Scouts of America vs. Dale,” was very enticing to read about because it is unbelievable to see what measures people will go to allowing them to be able to turn away from people that are different then themselves. James Dale was a homosexual male who had been a boy scout for many years, and when his sexuality was found out, he was kicked out. James dale decided to sue the “Boy Scouts” for violating the first amendment while kicking him out. This act of injustice was to me unfair, but to the courts it was okay. James Dale argued that, “his inclusion would not affect in any significant way existing members' ability to carry out their various purposes,” but the court decided that it was not necessary for the Boy Scouts to re-admit Dale as a member. This event reminds me of Plessey vs. Ferguson because the court ruled in that case that separate but equal was okay, and that Plessey did not have to be admitted into the white only seating. I believe that one day this issue, like Plessey vs. Ferguson, this case will be looked back on and the court will decide that this ruling was not the correct ruling, and sexuality should not keep one from participating in activities such as Boy Scouts.