Posted on 04/14/2002 7:16:39 PM PDT by codehawg98h
WE HAVE ALARMING NEWS TO REPORT.
During our last update, we confirmed that the United Ways of Broward County, Florida, Tucson, Arizona and Everett, Washington had withdrawn funding of the Boy Scouts.
Sadly, these are not isolated incidents. Your reports have confirmed our worst fears.
THE ISSUE IS WIDESPREAD, AND COULD SERIOUSLY UNDERMINE THE SCOUTS.
Based on your Field Reports (we received thousands-thank you!), and our team's follow up work, here is what we have learned...
The California United Ways in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Jose, Santa Barbara and Woodland are ALL using policies to limit or deny funding to the Scouts.
In the Silicon Valley, numerous reports of United Way de-funding have been confirmed. In fact, one United Way staffer said, "The Boy Scouts exclusionary practices keep them from receiving funds."
Further up the coast in Oregon, we've confirmed that United Way agencies in Benton and Jackson Counties have decreased public funding due to the Scouts refusal to sign the non- discrimination policy.
In Washington State, United Ways in such counties as including King, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston and Whatcom has stopped supporting the Scouts from the general fund.
In our nation's heartland, a similar story is unfolding in states like Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin where Scouting has historically thrived. United Way agencies in these states are using so-called "anti-discrimination" policies to de-fund the Scouts.
And finally, on the East Coast, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Florida have all been confirmed as states where widespread de- funding is taking place.
Sadly, some Scouts troops are yielding to the pressure from the United Way. We have confirmed at least two reports (in California and Iowa) that indicated Scout troops have suspended their moral code of honor and decency, and signed the non-discrimination policy allowing homosexuals entry into the Scouts.
ARE THE ACTIONS OF THESE TWO SCOUT TROOPS A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME?
IF THIS PROUD ORGANIZATION IS FORCED TO COMPLY IN ORDER TO SURVIVE, WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT OUR NATION?
Yes, many, many United Way agencies are still allowing funding to the Scouts. But your field reports have confirmed our greatest fears--that many Scout troops are being bullied and intimidated into compliance.
In fact, the Washington Times recently reported that many local United Ways are denying funds to the Scouts--and your reports have added many, many more to this list!
To answer this attack, our goal is to deliver 400,000 Scouts petitions to the United Way headquarters by the end of April.
But we your help!
* * * * * * ACTION ITEM
THIS IS A CRITICAL ISSUE THAT DEMANDS 100% SUPPORT, AND WE'RE COUNTING ON YOUR TO HELP US REACH OUR GOAL OF 400,000.
That means we have less than 4 weeks to collect about 75,000 petitions.
Please, forward this update to EVERYONE in your personal directory--urging them to stand up for the Scouts by signing this important petition.CLICK HERE to sign the petition.
Thank you for your support
Your Friends at Grassifire.net
P.S. We are still compiling our official report on United Way discrimination and will be publishing that later this month. Everyone who signs the petition will receive a link to this exclusive report. Please alert your friends.
Regards, Codehawg
If this is true the national scout office needs to be notified so that these troops can either be turned around or expelled from the organization.
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I would not give a dime to "United Way" and all the liberal organizations they eagerly seek out to represent, period!
Anyone who cares about this issue should make the effort to contact not only their local United Way offices, but in particular, those that have cut off funding to the scouts troops in Californicate and elsewhere. Let them know in the most direct terms that you will no longer be making donations to, nor supporting any fundraiser for, the United Way because of treatment of the boys scouts.
The key lies in hitting them financially. I, for one, will not ever again be contributing to the American Red Cross, nor the United Way. Not another penny. Not a blanket. Not a single can of soup. Never again will I help them in any way, shape, or form.
They got the message and I still(so far) am employed.
I never said it did. I'm just saying thay we should engage in payback to the United Way nationwide. Also, the United Way often uses dirty tactics to get donations. They often have drives where they try to coerce people to give in the workplace. This is especially true in the military. When my father was a Lieutenant in the Air Force he hated having to collect "donations" from enlisted men just so his commanding officer could report that 100% of his personnel had donated to the United Way.
1. A Troop could sign a non-discrimination agreement, keep it low profile, and the BSA would tell them the agreement is void and please do not do this again!
2. A Troop could sign a non-discrimination agreement, make a big deal about it, and be forced to recant or loose their charter.
3. A Troop could sign a non-discrimination agreement, enroll an openly gay leader, and then their charter would be toast (or they could expell the leader). BSA National Office acts quickly in these cases and negotiates with no one.
I wish you wouldn't hold back. Tell us how you really feel! (I agree, by the way.)
P.S. I sent you a private e-mail few days ago. Did you get it?
I give directly to the UNITS. Many BSA organizations are top heavy in administration and mismanage money as mine does. I give it right to where the action is, the local boy scout troop and cub scout pack. I am an active scouter.
They often have drives where they try to coerce people to give in the workplace. This is especially true in the military. When my father was a Lieutenant in the Air Force he hated having to collect "donations" from enlisted men just so his commanding officer could report that 100% of his personnel had donated to the United Way.This is despicable. I thought it was at least improper for officers to solicit funds from enlisted men. It certainly seems to me that there should be regulations forbidding such a shakedown. BTW: The UW's tactics are not new. I told an employer to stuff their United Way balony over 20 years ago, and have NEVER given them a penny since, and NEVER will.
Not a bad idea and as a result, I'm sure your money is much more effectively utilized, but I want those that have made the decision to stand up for their beliefs - and mine - to know they are being supported and why. Yours is a great idea and, in time, I may well use your more direct funding method.
Mapler.
I hope a Silver Beaver recipient like yourself agrees that renegade troops should be disciplined.
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I don't know where you are employed, but if it's like some of the places I've seen, you had better be far under the PC radar when the next round of 'layoffs' occur.
Personal experience bump from being a layoff 'victim'.
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