L.A. Wants To Remove Boy Scouts From Running Their Police Department's Explorer Program

[ccharles000]

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Police Department wants to stop working with the organization that runs its Explorer program for youths because the group is linked to Boy Scouts of America, which bans gays from becoming members.

The organization, Learning for Life, was spun off from Boy Scouts of America.

A department official told the Police Commission Tuesday that the Boy Scouts policy is "inconsistent" with the city's policy of non-discrimination. He suggested that the department manages the Explorer program itself.

Learning for Life officials say the organization does not discriminate and does not take funds from the Boy Scouts.

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[Toasterlad]

1. Frankly, I Don't Care If They Get Funds From the Boy Scouts Or Not.

Anything that draws attention to the Bigot Scouts of America and their fucked up policies is okay with me.

[Toasterlad]

2. Dupe

[Romulox]

3. To be fair, the LAPD has a much worse reputation for bigotry than do the Scouts...

:hi:

[RKP5637]

4. Good, I'm Glad. The BSA is a bunch of bigots! I look back on my years

of scouting and now I realize how right wing they really were... of course, it was a different time years ago. But, the BSA needs to move into the 21st century and get over their macho complex. They're often now as bad as a RW religious outfit...