U.S. Boy Scouts set to end ban on gay members

Started by garbon, April 19, 2013, 10:54:22 AM

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Neil

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Syt

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Siege

No way.
This is the end of the wold as we know it.
A non-fag org should appear soon.


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"


Eddie Teach

Quote from: Siege on May 27, 2013, 03:43:40 AM
No way.
This is the end of the wold as we know it.
A non-fag org should appear soon.

If the Army can handle them, why can't the BSA?
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Siege

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 27, 2013, 03:45:04 AM
Quote from: Siege on May 27, 2013, 03:43:40 AM
No way.
This is the end of the wold as we know it.
A non-fag org should appear soon.

If the Army can handle them, why can't the BSA?

Children?


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"


Eddie Teach

If the Boy Scouts start turning kids gay, the others can just have more kids to make up for it.
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Martinus

Quote from: Siege on May 27, 2013, 03:43:40 AM
No way.
This is the end of the wold as we know it.
A non-fag org should appear soon.

Why haven't you been taken out by some stray bullet yet, so you could find for yourself that your shitty Jehovah is some fairy-tale?

DGuller

Tommy DeVito is dead, and Siege is alive?  That's just not fair.  :(

Eddie Teach

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garbon

http://news.yahoo.com/disney-ends-funding-boy-scouts-over-gay-policy-220320665.html

QuoteDisney ends funding to Boy Scouts over gay policy

The Walt Disney Company will cut funding to the Boy Scouts of America beginning in 2015 because of a policy that bans gay adult leaders in the organization.

The Boy Scouts organization is "disappointed" by the decision, which will affect the organization's ability to serve children, Deron Smith, a Boy Scouts spokesman, said in a statement Sunday. Disney does not provide direct funding to the Boy Scouts, but it donates money to some troops in exchange for volunteer hours completed by Disney employees, he said.

"We believe every child deserves the opportunity to be a part of the Scouting experience and we are disappointed in this decision because it will impact our ability to serve kids," he said.

David Jefferson, chief spokesman for The Walt Disney Company, did not respond to calls or emails.

Disney's decision came to light after the president of a local Boy Scout council based in Orlando, Fla., where Disney World is based, sent a memo alerting local troops to the decision.

The memo was posted on the website of Scouts for Equality, an organization that is critical of the Boy Scouts' policy to ban adult gay troop leaders.

The Boy Scouts lifted a ban on gay youth last year.
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crazy canuck

Is banning gay troup leaders contrary to US human rights laws (Fed or State)?

Razgovory

You can fire people if they are gay in Missouri.
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Admiral Yi

I don't think sexual orientation is a "protected class."