In a major reversal, the Boy Scouts may finally lift their ban on gay scouts and gay leaders, allowing local troops to be accepting or to continue discriminating. The board will vote on Wednesday. They encourage public comment so please send a brief email in support of lifting the ban to nationsupportcenter@scouting.org.
Slowly, the antigay religious conservatives who hijacked scouting in the 1970s and 80s have been losing support. (Also, the scouting's enrollment is dwindling.) Two newish board members, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson and Ernst & Young CEO James Turley, oppose the ban. Nevertheless, after a two-year 'review' of the ban, the BSA last summer affirmed their antigay policy.
Since then, more major companies have ended sponsorship solely because of the ban. Their biggest donor, Intel, went from giving $700,000 annually to zero. UPS, the United Way and Merck also canceled their giving. Verizon, at over $300,000 a year, may be next after a petition urging them to drop the BSA gained widespread support.
People in favor of the ban are flooding the BSA site and Facebook page with comments equating gay men and pedophiles. Send a short pro-gay email to nationsupportcenter@scouting.org and comment on Facebook.
For more on scouting's closeted founder, read Tim Jeal's bio Baden-Powell, the Boy-Man.
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