UPS ends grants to Boy Scouts over discrimination

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ATLANTA — The philanthropic arm of shipping giant UPS said it will no longer give money to the Boy Scouts of America as long as the group discriminates against gays, the second major corporation to recently strip funding from the scouts.

The UPS Foundation made the change Thursday after an online petition protesting its annual grants to the Boy Scouts attracted more than 80,000 signatures. UPS, based in Atlanta, follows computer chip maker Intel in withdrawing corporate support for the Boy Scouts.

The UPS Foundation gave more than $85,000 to the Boy Scouts in 2011, according to its federal tax return.

Federal tax returns for 2011 for Intel, the world's largest chip maker, were not immediately available. Some media reported the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company as giving hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/finance/20121112/US.UPS.Boy.Scouts/

[J P Sousa]

Yeah we don't want to discriminate against perverts.

Unofficially, however, Boy Scouts executives referred to them as the "Perversion Files."

The names tumble down the pages alphabetically — some 5,000 Scout leaders in total, at least 120 of them from New Jersey. Some of them were volunteer supervisors for the Scouts between 1947 and 2005; all were deemed "ineligible" by the Boy Scouts because of allegations for everything from sodomy and aggravated sexual assault to indecency and endangering the welfare of a minor.
   

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/10/nj_scout_leaders_banned_from_b.html
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[JohnnyReb]

Bye bye UPS, hello FED-EX.

[vesta111]

Bye bye UPS, hello FED-EX.

Very convenient excuse to with hold Charity's that is BTY tax deductable. 

Wondering if the UPS intends to fire all their gay workers ? This is a union shop is it not ??? 

[JohnnyReb]

Very convenient excuse to with hold Charity's that is BTY tax deductable. 

Wondering if the UPS intends to fire all their gay workers ? This is a union shop is it not ??? 

The local UPS center is about 70% lesbian.....and guys in short pants.

[Gina]

Bye bye UPS, hello FED-EX.

EXACTLY.  And I am now going to make sure hubby does use the last of the UPS envelopes we have and that's that.