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Sexual Orientation Discrimination and Its Challenges for Nonprofit Managers
Author(s) -
Hostetler Dennis W.,
Pynes Joan E.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.11105
Subject(s) - boy scouts , supreme court , sexual orientation , state (computer science) , state supreme court , accommodation , face (sociological concept) , law , public opinion , sociology , political science , public relations , politics , psychology , gender studies , social science , algorithm , neuroscience , computer science
In the wake of the recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision, Dale v. Boy Scouts of America and Monmouth Council Boy Scouts (1999), this article examines the issue of sexual orientation discrimination and the challenges it presents nonprofit managers. Because of regional shifts in public opinion, the enactment of nondiscrimination laws at the state and local level, and now a state Supreme Court interpreting state law to include the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) as a “public accommodation,” nonprofit managers may face a more complex legal and moral environment. It is hoped that this article will challenge nonprofit managers to carefully reexamine their membership and personnel policies with respect to lesbians and gay men and begin preparing their organizations for this cultural change.