Release date: April 11, 2003

Contact: Frances Weyand, Director of Media Relations, 770-423-6203 or fweyand@kennesaw.edu

Chautauqua Lecture Series featuring James Dale
Dales's topic is "Gay Rights, the Boy Scouts and the U.S. Supreme Court."

When:
Monday, April 14 7 p.m.

Where:
Carmichael Student Center University Rooms
Kennesaw State University

Who:
Dale spent 12 years as both a Boy Scout -- achieving the rank of Eagle Scout -- and an assistant scoutmaster, until he was expelled in 1990 for being gay. His case against the Boy Scouts was taken to the Supreme Court where the justices ruled 5-4 that the Scouts could exclude homosexuals due to the Scouts' right of "free association." The Chautauqua Lecture Series is sponsored by Kennesaw State University's Kampus Activities Board (KAB).

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