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2 Mar 2014

Author:
Antonia Molloy, Independent (UK)

Disney ends funding to Boy Scouts over gay policy [USA]

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The Walt Disney Company will cut funding to the Boy Scouts of America [BSA]…because of a policy that bans gay adult leaders in the organisation…The Boy Scouts organisation is "disappointed" by the decision, which will affect the organisation's ability to serve children…Disney does not give money directly to the national organisation or local…councils, but its VoluntEARS programme allows employees to do volunteer work in exchange for cash donations to their chosen charities…In an e-mail to local members, …[BSA’s]Robert Utsey wrote: “…The National BSA Council has reached out to [Walt Disney World (WDW)] to try to resolve the situation, however, according to WDW, their views do not currently align with the BSA and they are choosing to discontinue this level of support.”…Scouts for Equality said that seven major corporate sponsors of the BSA have ended their partnerships since…2012…[including] Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar, Major League Soccer, Merck, Intel, UPS…