Disney ends funding to Boy Scouts over gay policy



LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Company will cut funding to the Boy Scouts of America beginning in 2015 because of a policy that bans gay adult leaders in the organization.

The Boy Scouts organization, which is based in Irving, is "disappointed" by the decision, which will affect the organization's ability to serve children, Deron Smith, a Boy Scouts spokesman, said in a statement Sunday. Disney does not provide direct funding to the Boy Scouts, but it donates money to some troops in exchange for volunteer hours completed by Disney employees, he said.

"We believe every child deserves the opportunity to be a part of the Scouting experience and we are disappointed in this decision because it will impact our ability to serve kids," he said.

David Jefferson, chief spokesman for The Walt Disney Company, did not respond to calls or emails.

Disney's decision came to light after the president of a local Boy Scout council based in Orlando, Fla., where Disney World is based, sent a memo alerting local troops to the decision.

The memo was posted on the website of Scouts for Equality, an organization that is critical of the Boy Scouts' policy to ban adult gay troop leaders.

The Boy Scouts lifted a ban on gay youth last year.

I foresee Disney with an impressive profit increase by marketing to the LGBT and receiving backing from the LGBT in the near future,,lol

their prerogative,,,money talks,,

After all, Disney is about fun for kids, not adults.

and who better to recruit as future leaders of the cause than kids?

A new type of Merit Badge for little Tommy.

people with the gay agenda should leave kids alone, so they can make up their own mind without interference from both sides... i'm not into "teaching kids to be gay" like they are doing in schools now... thats just a selfish motivation from the gay side, IMO...