Californians, contact your state senator to tell them that you want them to condemn Senate Bill 323 which would remove tax-exempt status to the Boy Scouts of America in their state. The bill is supposed to go before committee sometime today.
This bill is intended to radically change the rules of the Boy Scouts by financially pressuring them — levying corporate taxes against donations and other income — to change their by-laws to change their position on the following stance:
“While the BSA does not proactively inquire about the sexual orientation of employees, volunteers, or members, we do not grant membership to individuals who are open or avowed homosexuals or who engage in behavior that would become a distraction to the mission of the BSA.”
Tell your state senator that these sorts of highly-charged and deeply personal politics do not belong in a youth organization, and that parents should maintain the right to discuss human sexuality with their sons in their own way and timing!
Find contact information for your state senator here: http://senate.ca.gov/senators
