Boy Scouts loses it’s biggest financial contributor, Intel because of anti-gay policy…
In a major blow to the Scouts, Intel the Boy Scouts largest contributor announced today that they will no longer Fund the BSA due to their anti-gay policy.
In a statement released to Think Progress today, Intel’s Chief Diversity Officer, Rosalind Hudnell, said that the company could no longer fund the Boy Scouts of America, so long as the Scouts stand by their long-held policy barring gay troops and leaders from participating in the organization. She said:
“Intel has not provided funding to the National Boy Scouts of America organization. The $700,000 in funding from the Intel Foundation was donated to local Boy Scout troops or councils where our employees volunteer their time, through our volunteer matching grants program . . . Due to significant growth in the number of organizations funded, earlier this year we revisited our policies associated with the program, and applied new rigor that requires any organization to confirm that it adheres to Intel’s anti-discrimination policy in order to receive funding.”
According to Think Progress, under the policy, the growing number of Boy Scout troops and councils that reject the BSA’s policy would still be eligible for Intel’s funding.
Can’t wait to hear from hate mongers Tony Perkins and Chuck Norris…
via Intel will not fund Boy Scouts of America until ban on gay scouts and scout leaders ends | GLAAD.
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