UPS Refuses Grants to Boy Scouts
By: Spencer Williams
Updated: November 13, 2012
Brown apparently won't do anything for the Boy Scouts of America anymore. Shipping giant UPS has announced it will no longer give grants to Boy Scouts of America based on their exclusion of gays and lesbians from being scouts or scout leaders.
The announcement came after an online petition protesting UPS's annual grants to the Boy Scouts gathered eighty-thousand signatures. UPS says that any organization applying for grants from them must also follow the same standards that UPS does.
UPS says they do not discriminate against anyone based on sexual orientation, race, religion, or disability. A grant of 150 thousand dollars was given to the Boy Scouts in 2010. It wasn't clear how much money was given last year.
The announcement came after an online petition protesting UPS's annual grants to the Boy Scouts gathered eighty-thousand signatures. UPS says that any organization applying for grants from them must also follow the same standards that UPS does.
UPS says they do not discriminate against anyone based on sexual orientation, race, religion, or disability. A grant of 150 thousand dollars was given to the Boy Scouts in 2010. It wasn't clear how much money was given last year.
