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Walt Disney World Stops Supporting Boy Scouts Over LGBT Discrimination
UPI ^ | Thursday, February 27, 2014 | Kris Guiliani

Posted on 02/27/2014 4:43:17 PM PST by kristinn

Walt Disney World has jumped on the bandwagon of businesses pulling their funding from Boy Scouts of America, as the organization still refuses to end its ban on openly LGBT adults.

Charitable contributions will no longer be made to BSA or local troops as part of Walt Disney World's "Ears For You" grant program.

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As the straight son of a lesbian couple, Wahls has been working to reverse the BSA's policies of discrimination and exclusion. Since its inception in 2012, Scouts for Equality has succeeded in influencing seven major corporations - including Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar, Major League Soccer, Merck, Intel, UPS and now Walt Disney World -- to end their sponsorship.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boyscouts; bsa; corporateliberalism; culturewar; culturewars; disney; disneyworld; homosexualagenda; lavendermafia; pinklisted; waltdisneyworld
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To: kristinn
To hell with Disney!


41 posted on 02/27/2014 6:46:59 PM PST by massmike (If I like my tagline,I can keep it! Obama said so..........)
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To: massmike

No to BSA
Yes to BFA


42 posted on 02/27/2014 6:55:14 PM PST by petenmi
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To: kristinn
No surprize here. Just took 1 year ...

2/01/2013 – George Kalogridis became the 1st openly homosexual president of Walt Disney World Resort, where he’ll oversee ~ 66,000 employees. Kalogridis began working at Disney World back in 1971, busing tables; then 17, he was hired before the park’s official opening. Now 59, Kalogridis has put in time as President of Disneyland in Anaheim, CA and Chief Operating Officer of Disneyland Resort Paris. Disney World is the world’s most-visited entertainment resort, featuring 4 theme parks, 2 water parks, 24,000 hotel rooms, 3,000 time-share suites, a 120-acre retail complex and a 230-acre sports campus. Kalogridis plans to make Disney World his home, both literally and figuratively. He and his partner of 12 years, Andy Hardy, are building their own little castle in Golden Oak, the luxury subdivision that Disney World is developing on the northeastern corner of its 40-square mile property.


43 posted on 02/28/2014 9:45:28 AM PST by MacNaughton
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To: massmike

Disney went to hell with Walt died.

Walt Disney was a devout Congregationalist Christian.

Walt Disney was a conservative Republican, and very anti-communism. He took a strong anti-pornography stance for films. He would roll over in his grave if he knew how sodomites had taken over his company.


44 posted on 03/01/2014 6:58:30 AM PST by NKP_Vet ("I got a good Christin' raisin', an 8th grade education, ain't no need ya'll treatin' me this way")
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To: kristinn

See what happens when you give in. You end up alienating your supporters, and those for pushed for change, it still isn’t enough....then you’re left with no support at all.


45 posted on 03/01/2014 7:00:15 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: kristinn

BSA made their bed when they decided to pursue the corporate dollar and were then made dependent upon the crack that is “easy money” because they expanded their “professional” ranks.

But there were strings attached, positions on the National Board...influence from corporations pursuing the politically correct dogma of the day, influencing the program down to it’s lowest level...

And here, ladies and gentlemen, is the result of an organization compromising it’s values through poor management and leadership...for money.

The BSA is reaping the whirlwind of what they have sown...unfortunately, the boys are the ones who are made to pay the price of adults acting stupidly, as is almost always the case.


46 posted on 03/01/2014 7:21:24 AM PST by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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