Posted on 06/13/2013 2:46:59 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Caterpillar Inc. is no longer giving money to the Boy Scouts because the organization discriminates against homosexuals, a spokeswoman for the Illinois-based heavy equipment manufacturer confirmed Thursday.
The company's move wasn't directly tied to the recent Boy Scouts decision to continue to bar homosexual adults from roles within the organization while allowing openly gay children to be scouts. Instead, spokeswoman Rachel Potts said, the company decided to cut off funding while reviewing a request for $25,000 that came in last year from a local group in Illinois.
That decision was never announced publicly or communicated to the Boy Scouts of America, only to the local group, she said. But she added that the Boy Scouts' policy that continues to bar homosexual adults from working in the organization is "discriminatory."
But prohibitions against both gay scouts and adult leaders have long driven protests against the Boy Scouts. Last year, several companies withdrew financial support, including Intel Corporation and United Parcel Service.
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Who is their biggest competitor?
RE: Caterpillar Inc. is no longer giving money to the Boy Scouts because the organization discriminates against homosexuals
Didn’t Caterpillar get the memo? The BSA ALLOWS Gay Scouts now.
KOMATSU... they make great equipment.
JCB... also very good equipment
I guess I'm just old-school.
CATERPILLAR, Council on Foreign Relations member.
Sucking in taxpayer dollars by selling their equipment to USAID-supported third world banana republics.
Globalist ! Globalist ! Globalist ! Globalist ! Globalist ! Globalist ! Globalist !
A. Deere & Co.
“But she added that the Boy Scouts’ policy that continues to bar homosexual adults from working in the organization is “discriminatory.”
They want GAY adults too.
Continue digging your dirt - no one needs you ‘buying the BSA’ on your conditional strings.
Much like gay marriage is designed to destroy marriage as an institution.
That decision was never announced publicly or communicated to the Boy Scouts of America, only to the local group, she said. But she added that the Boy Scouts' policy that continues to bar homosexual adults from working in the organization is "discriminatory."
Rachel Potts must be one of the first among the low information voter crowd. She does not know the difference between civil rights and natural law. Or she thinks that civil rights trumps natural law.
Same sex marriage is a transient popular culture that will not stand the test of time against natural law. Pretending that deviant sexual behavior is normal will not make it so.
The company she represents has to be smarter than that!
“Didn’t Caterpillar get the memo? The BSA ALLOWS Gay Scouts now.”
What good is it to change their rules, unless if they also allow in the really horny adults as well?
So that was you parked in the Handicapped spot in the 7/11. I recognized the “Run Hillary Run” sticker on the front bumper.
In other words, she’s a libtard and probably a closet lesbian.
RE: What good is it to change their rules, unless if they also allow in the really horny adults as well?
Well the gay minors will eventually become adults... THEN, they’ll have to change the rules AGAIN.
Boys Scouts National Council sowed the seeds of its destruction when it started taking corporate money. Sure, that cash provided nice jobs, good perks and nice offices, but people get used to it, and when Intel, Caterpillar or Bank of America says you have to follow the gay-lobby, of course people will fall into line.
As I understand, the local councils are all self-funding anyway - so they should simply tell the national council to cram it, and start a new national council.
Hypocrites!!. They discriminate on who who they donate money to and their litmus test is the organization's beliefs.
You can't buy the BSA to conform to your filth. Go dig a hole for yourself! Now that you exposed yourself - go hide.
How can a gay scout really get the entire scouting experience unless he has scoutmasters who really understand him?
Caterpillar will be having visitations/correspondence with the IRS (if not already), as they are anti-Union, and a Target for sure.
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