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- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers,soc.men,misc.misc
- Subject: Re: Levi Strauss DEFUNDS Boy Scouts
- Message-ID: <184738@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 03:16:21 GMT
- Sender: daemon@pyramid.pyramid.com
- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation
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- >strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) wrote:
- >->The Boy Scouts are a private organization.
- >
- In article <1992Dec31.000435.22718@ads.com> henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) writes:
- >the boy scouts have a congressional charter; such endorsement from the
- >legislature probably sets them up for trouble if they engage in
- >unreasonable discrimination against prospective members.
- >
-
- Hmmmm, good point. However, the ban on gays and the general
- anti-gay bias is well publicized, and I've heard of no action
- yet to change this.
-
- However, the City of San Francisco seriously considered
- withdrawing it's (considerable) city funds from their bank just
- because that bank was contributions which eventually went to the
- boy scouts.
-
- Maybe with the new administration the ugly divisive climate
- of the fundamentalists and far right will blow away like the
- stench it is....
-