{"id":41275,"date":"2014-03-03T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/03\/disney-will-cut-financial-ties-to-the-boy-scouts.html"},"modified":"2014-11-07T10:16:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T17:16:48","slug":"disney-will-cut-financial-ties-to-the-boy-scouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/03\/disney-will-cut-financial-ties-to-the-boy-scouts.html","title":{"rendered":"Disney will cut\u00a0financial ties to the Boy Scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"
Well, this will put some people in a froth.<\/p>\n

Bottom line, it is certainly up to Disney to decide what groups (local or national) to contribute to, just as it is up to anyone who doesn't like their decision to decide not to contribute any further to Disney's bottom line.<\/p>\n

For what it's worth, if Disney's corporate policy is not to discriminate against gay employees, I don't see any reason why they shouldn't extend that to the groups to which they financially contribute.<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>Kee Hinckley<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Alex Grossman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

"Walt Disney Co. said it will stop financial support for Boy Scouts-related organizations beginning next year because of the Scouts' policy banning adult leaders who are gay."<\/i>\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Disney to cut funding to Boy Scouts over ban on gay adult leaders<\/a>
\n Walt Disney Co. said it will stop financial support for Boy Scouts-related organizations beginning next year because of the Scouts’ policy banning adult leaders who are gay.\n <\/p>\n

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Well, this will put some people in a froth. Bottom line, it is certainly up to Disney to decide what groups (local or national) to contribute to, just as it is up to anyone who doesn't like their decision to decide not to contribute any further to Disney's bottom line. 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