Disney Attempts to Force Boy Scouts Over Gay Leaders Ban; Threatens to Halt Funding

By: American Decency Staff

The Walt Disney Company has notified the Boy Scouts of America that it will withdraw all funding from the organization beginning 2015 unless the BSA overturns its policy of not allowing openly gay members to be leaders.

The entertainment company has a VoluntEARS program through which its employees carry out volunteer work in exchange for cash donations to the non-profits of their choice. However, Disney has now announced that the employees taking part in the program will no longer be able to submit the funds to the Boy Scouts, according to CNN.

Disney's corporate website says that the company's employees raised $4.8 million via 548,000 volunteer hours in 2010.

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