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- From: tattersall_derek@macmail1.rtsg.mot.com
- Subject: Re: Levi Strauss DEFUNDS Boy Scouts
- Organization: CSG Group
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 16:53:16 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.165316.24278@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
- References: <1992Dec30.165849.16524@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec30.165849.16524@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Michael.Bohl@launchpad.unc.edu (Michael Bohl) writes:
- >I just spoke with a customer service representative from Levi Strauss and
- >Co. concerning their defunding of the Boy Scouts of America. I was not
- >certain I knew the reason so I asked their representative for an
- >explanation. She said it was because,
- >
- > "The Boy Scouts discriminate against atheists and homosexuals."
- >
- >If you have an opinion on this matter (either side of the issue) you can
- >call
- >
- > 1-800-362-5377
- >
- >to let them know how you feel.
- >
- >Additionally, in this era of consumer activism, may I suggest an
- >appropriate buying pattern of their products.
- >
- >This applies whether you choose to purchase their jeans, etc. because you
- >approve of their actions, or whether you cease purchasing their products
- >because you don't.
- >--
- > The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the University of
- > North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Campus Office for Information
- > Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
- > internet: laUNChpad.unc.edu or 152.2.22.80
- >
- I purchase their products because I like them. I also approve of defunding the
- BSA. Maybe they should be defenestrated as well.
-