wyomingi 10 Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 A news story that can be found here http://www.nbc4i.com/news/4103397/detail.html dated january 18, 2005 reported "The Central Ohio chapter of the Boy Scouts has pledged that it won't unlawfully discriminate against anyone in hopes of continuing to receive funding from United Way." Does anyone know if this is accurate? Link to post Share on other sites
nldscout 18 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Sure its accurate. The BSA does not unlawfully discriminate against anyone. Link to post Share on other sites
Merlyn_LeRoy 72 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 I can't find a "central Ohio Council" (there is a UW of Central Ohio), but the Simon Kenton Council at http://www.scouters.org has a new disclaimer: A Word from Our Scout Executive... Clarification of Simon Kenton Council Policies in response to the article in Tuesday, January 18th's Columbus Dispatch. OUR MEMBERSHIP STANDARDS POLICIES HAVE NOT CHANGED THE POSITION OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA HAS NOT CHANGED THE SIMON KENTON COUNCIL COMPLIES FULLY WITH THE POLICIES OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA THESE POLICIES ARE NOT NEGOTIABLE A council's pledge to not "unlawfully discriminate" is meaningless, of course. Link to post Share on other sites
evmori 11 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 How is their pledge to not "unlawfully discriminate" meaningless? Would it be less meaningless if they "lawfully discriminated"? You make no sense, Merlyn! Ed Mori Troop 1 1 Peter 4:10 Link to post Share on other sites
Merlyn_LeRoy 72 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Ed, the BSA can lawfully discriminate in whatever way it likes. The BSA could start excluding Hindus tomorrow, and it wouldn't constitute "unlawful discrimination", because they could lawfully do that. Link to post Share on other sites
Sylvar 10 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 I am in Simon Kenton. Let me just say the United Way tried to cut funding to the Scouts once before and were put in their place. They lost a lot of money that year. I work at one of the largest contributers in central ohio. One of our VP's is on the Council BOD. United Way will do what they always do....follow the money. Sylvar(This message has been edited by Sylvar) Link to post Share on other sites
packsaddle 753 Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Sylvar, I am curious. Why didn't all the folks upset at United Way just donate directly to BSA? That should have actually been better for both BSA and the donors. The donors would have KNOWN their dollars went to BSA and BSA would not have had to 'share' with other charities. Or have I missed something here? Link to post Share on other sites
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