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The Boy Scouts have come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks.

The Los Angeles City Council voted 11 to 0 to cut the city's ties with the Boy Scouts of
America, saying the group's exclusion of homosexuals and atheists was discriminatory.
The council instructed the Los Angeles Police Department to dismantle its Explorers unit,
a Boy Scouts-affiliated police cadet training program for young people, within 90 days,
and create an alternative, said Laura Esquivel, assistant to Councilwoman Jackie
Goldberg, a gay rights activist who heads the city's personnel committee and was a
major backer of the measure. In addition, the city's department of Parks and Recreation
will, in the future, charge the Boy Scouts a fee to use its facilities for camping and other
activities, Esquivel said.

The Fort Lauderdale, Florida, City Commission denied the Boy Scouts $10,000
in funding for an in-school program to aid children who are at-risk and disabled!
The Miami Herald reported that the Boy Scouts are "under siege". Plus, The New York Times reported that major cities like Chicago, San Francisco, and San Jose have denied
the Boy Scouts access to city parks, while companies such as Textron “have withdrawn
hundreds of thousands of dollars in support to local scouting groups.”

Local United Way chapters are cutting off funding to the Boy Scouts -- with no end in sight. A troop of young Boy Scouts were even loudly booed while making a presentation on the stage of the Democratic National Convention!

United Way chapters that have withdrawn their funding of the Boy Scouts:

United Way of Greater Fall River, MA
United Way of Northern Fairfield County, CT
United Way of Southeast New England, Providence RI
United Way of the Bay Area, San Francisco, CA
United Way of Santa Clara County, CA
United Way of Monterey Bay, CA (The Monterey Bay Area Scout Council withdrew from the UW)
United Way of Massachusetts Bay, Boston, MA
United Way of King County, Seattle WA
United Way of New Haven, CT
United Way of Portland, ME
United Way of Somerset County, NJ
United Way of Santa Fe, NM
Monadnock United Way of Keene, NH
United Way of Monroe County, Bloomington, IN
United Way of Greater Duluth, Inc. Duluth, MN
United Way of Westchester and Putnam, Inc. White Plains, NY
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ
United Way of Santa Cruz County, Capitola, CA
United Way of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara, CA
United Way of Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, FL
United Way of Allegan County, Allegan, MI
United Way of Essex and West Hudson, Newark. NJ
United Way of Bronxville Eastchester Tuckahoe, Bronxville, NY
(Parent organization Westchester and Putnam, NY)
United Way Evanston, Chicago, IL (1 of 56 United Ways of the UW of Suburban
Chicago)
United Way of Whatcom County, Bellingham, WA
United Way of Norwalk and Wilton, Inc., Norwalk, CT
United Way of Northern Fairfield County, Danbury, CT
United Way of Westport-Weston, Inc. Westport, CT
United Way of Dunn County, Menomonie, WI
United Way of Palm Beach County, FL
Heart of Florida United Way, Orlanda, FL
United Way of Fox Cities, Inc., Menasha, WI
United Way of Morris County, Morristown, NJ
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ
United Way of King County, Seattle, Washington
United Way of Pierce County, Tacoma, Washington

The major attacks began after the Boy Scouts WON their Supreme Court case.

This summer, the Boy Scouts won a hard-fought case before the U.S. Supreme Court

called Dale v. Scouts. The Supreme Court affirmed the Boy Scouts’ right to set standards

for leadership within their organization. This apparently infuriated the “politically correct”

cultural elites. Almost immediately, the anti-Scout campaign was launched, with the Boy

Scouts being branded as “intolerant.”

Anti-Scout rallies were recently held in 36 cities and 21 states.

A coalition of anti-Scout groups organized a series of nationwide rallies under

the banner “Scouting For All” to put even more pressure on the Boy Scouts. Protesters

displayed signs such as “Bigoted Scouts of America” (a spin on “BSA”) and

“Stop Teaching Hate.” 58,000 petitions were delivered by anti-Scout activists

to Boy Scout headquarters in Irving, Texas.

The federal government is leading the attack on the Boy Scouts.

The Washington Times first revealed that the Departments of Interior and

Justice were working to identify questionable Boy Scout activities in light of

President Bill Clinton’s Executive Order (#13160). Issued in June of last year,

the EO banned discrimination based on “sexual orientation” in federal education

and training programs. An Interior Department memorandum of 8/15/00 makes it

clear that the federal government was targeting the Boy Scouts and the Boy Scouts

alone (all seven items listed pertain directly to the Boy Scouts). Attorney General

Janet Reno quickly tried to back pedal, but it is clear that the federal government

has turned hostile to the Boy Scouts.

We want to present a QUARTER MILLION petitions to congress and the new
administration encouraging them to pass the "Scouts Honor Act".

The Boy Scouts are one of America’s great institutions!

Since the Boy Scouts began in the United States in 1916, the Boy Scouts has been one of America’s most respected institutions. In fact, the President of the United States traditionally

serves as the honorary head of the Boy Scouts. More than 6 million American

children and adults are actively involved in Scouting today, with tens of millions

more having participated over the years. Internationally, Scouting reaches

28 million people in 216 countries and territories.

Several key actions against the Boy Scouts are pending right now!

The anti-Scout sentiment is sweeping across local governments, major

businesses as well as area United Way campaigns. This is no accident.

Anti-Scout groups are making a targeted effort to cripple the Boy Scouts.

The city of Los Angeles has already voted to sever all ties with the Boy Scouts.
And right now, Fort Lauderdale officials are moving ahead with anti-Scout
rulings. Plus, the state of Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and
Opportunities has already issued a ruling to make the Boy Scouts ineligible
for participation in the United Way contribution program for state
employees. The Connecticut Commission will also issue a ruling to answer
the question: "Does the BSA and/or its local councils’ policy or
policies on sexual orientation violate any state anti-discrimination
statute" shortly.

The “politically correct” elite will ignore us -- unless we ignite a
nationwide “grassfire” that gets their attention!

The pressure is mounting against the Boy Scouts. Let’s join together and take a

stand! Sign the petition today and help us meet our goal of exceeding the

55,000 anti-Scout petitions gathered by Scout opponents. We can do it if

everyone adds their “spark” to the grassfire!

THANK YOU FOR HELPING SPREAD THE GRASSFIRE!

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