Florida School District Cuts Ties with Boy Scouts Education Program Over Anti-Gay Discrimination
The Pinellas County School Board has decided to cut a "character building" program sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America over the group's anti-gay policies, MyFOX Tampa Bay reports.
"Learning for Life" is a character education program in schools. It teaches students values like respect, responsibility, honesty and fairness. A $54,000 grant would have supported the program at a handful of Pinellas Schools, including Skyview Elementary, Mildred Helm Elementary, Palm Harbor, Safety Harbor and Tyrone Middle Schools.
The plan now is to expand the district's "Commitment to Character" program to replace "Learning for Life.” Other groups nationally have cut ties, too.
Watch their news report featuring interviews with a board member whose son is gay, AFTER THE JUMP....
Good. The Girl Scouts do not have discriminatory rules.
Posted by: homer | Oct 12, 2011 1:53:35 PM
And in Florida, no less. It's taking some time, but the BSA is slowly being starved of funding and what's left of its prestige. It's a shame they decided to be evil, but they did, so the sooner they cease to exist, the better.
Posted by: justme | Oct 12, 2011 1:56:01 PM
Giving money to a homophobic group that teaches boys to lie about their own sexuality and actively discrininate against others so they can teach character? What's the matter was the KKK too busy? I won't even get started on how much gay sex takes place on campouts (from personal experience). If all the closeted scoutmasters came out the organization would collapse as well. And yet this is the group that is teaching values?
Posted by: terry | Oct 12, 2011 2:22:19 PM
Wow. Hard to believe that this happened in FL. Good for them.
Posted by: Laura | Oct 12, 2011 2:46:23 PM
Why is it always the organizations full of homosexuals that are homophobic?
Posted by: Dev | Oct 13, 2011 12:14:05 AM