LGBT rights advocate Zach Wahls has launched an online petition asking asking UPS to end corporate donations to anti-gay Boy Scouts. Here is an excerpt of the petition.
Until the Boy Scouts of America ends this hurtful policy, they do not deserve the financial backing of companies that strive for workplace equality. Intel Corporation, the Boy Scouts’ largest corporate donor, according to The American Independent, recently announced that they would discontinue funding the Boy Scouts after more than 30,000 Americans joined Scouts for Equality‘s petition campaign. Now it’s time for UPS to do the same.
UPS Foundation President Eduardo Martinez should know all too well how senseless and out-of-touch the Boy Scouts’ anti-gay policy is. Mr. Martinez serves as Chair of the Corporate Development Council for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and is a board member for The Metro Atlanta YMCA. Both of these organizations welcome and benefit from embracing gay youth and leaders in their programming.
UPS’ own website states “In today’s world, we understand that diversity encompasses more than race and gender. It extends to the full myriad of issues ranging from ethnicity to sexual orientation to physical ability. Inclusiveness, respect and cooperation are core values that help drive the way we do business with our customers and suppliers – and strengthen our bonds with a multi-cultural community of friends and neighbors.” We urge UPS to truly live by these words and use their influence to help end the Boy Scouts anti-gay policy.
Please join Scouts for Equality in calling on UPS to pull its contributions to the Boy Scouts of America until the Boy Scouts pull their discriminatory policy
Visit http://www.change.org/ to sing this petition.
