Boy Scouts' Ban On Gay Leaders Leads Disney To End Grants (Week 1)

In accordance with its "pro-gay" policies, Disney recently cut off funding for the Boy Scouts of America.

Memmott, Mark. "Boy Scouts' Ban On Gay Leaders Leads Disney To End Grants." The Two-Way : NPR. National Public Radio, 3 Mar 2014. Web. 4 Mar 2014. <http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/03/03/285255126/boy-scouts-ban-on-gay-leaders-leads-disney-to-end-grants>.


This article describes the latest revelation in an ongoing debate about the controversial Boy Scouts of America ban on gay troop leaders. Disney, which provides funding to worthy organizations through a program titled "Ears to You," has made the decision to cut off funding for the Boy Scouts of America. Although Disney has remained relatively quiet about the decision, they do cite a corporate policy requiring that Disney refrain from donating to any organizations that 'operate or support activities that are counter to the policies of The Walt Disney Company,' with the given that Disney is, in fact, a gay-friendly corporation. Boy Scouts of America spokesperson Deron Smith responded to the news with a generic statement of disappointment, indicating that the loss of funding will negatively impact children, although the response made no mention of the relationship between the Boy Scouts of America's policies regarding homosexuality and Disney. Memmott takes a decidedly non-opinionated approach to the article by relying on large quotes from other publications that have reported on the issue, including The Orlando Sentinel and The Washington Post. He concludes the article by referring online readers to another article about the Boy Scouts of America's controversial policies, inviting the audience to do additional research about the topic.