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May 13, 2003

Politics

Hit 'em where it hurts!

Hesiod points us at this article in the Miami Herald: Miami-Dade United Way withdraws funds from Boy Scouts:

The United Way of Miami-Dade on Tuesday discontinued its funding for scouting programs, saying the local Boy Scouts of America affiliate failed to abide by an agreement requiring it to teach scout masters how to help gay youths.

Apparently the South Florida Council of the Boy Scouts agreed to this, but the national organization refused. The national organization is based in Dallas, Texas.

I knew there was a reason I swore I would never live in Texas again.

The Miami Herald is now running a poll asking "Should the Miami-Dade United Way withhold funding from the Boy Scouts for failing to require scout masters to attend gay sensitivity training?" At the moment I write this, "No" is winning, 348 votes to 217. Go fix that.

Update, May 14, 19:44: As apostropher points out in comments, "yes" is now winning and in fact has picked up two more votes since he posted his comment: 497 to 407. Hey, it worked! Good work, folks!

Posted by Frank at May 13, 2003 8:03 PM

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"Yes" is up 495-407 now...

Posted by: apostropher at May 14, 2003 7:17 PM