Op-ed Appearg the Ann Arbor News Do whe supremacist groups have a right to bar Blacks and Jews om jog their anizatns? Y, bee racism and anti-Semism are re valu of the private groups. Would you give money to the Klan jt bee has a right to be racist? Do the Boy Suts of Ameri have the right to bar gay boys and men om s membership
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Do the Boy Suts of Ameri have the right to bar gay boys and men om s membership and learship? Y, bee the Boy Suts is a private anizatn that sisted the Supreme Court last summer that discrimatn agast gays and lbians was one of s re valu. In fact, the Boy Suts went so far as to clare that uld not let gays and lbians jo or be lears bee they were neher “clean” nor “morally straight.
Apparently, the Uned Way has nclud that while is unacceptable for the muny fund to be ed to fund racist groups, is acceptable and sirable to give the money to an anizatn that is bigoted towards gays and lbians. Jo the hundreds of dividuals, ci, schools, church, synagogu, parent-teacher anizatns, unns, and Uned Way agenci natnwi who will no longer turn their backs on the harmful impact that the Boy Suts’ homophobic polici have on our children and our muny.
DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
What about gay rights?
Where do Uned Way stands on gay rights vs relig liberty?
June is Pri Month, and you n be proud that your Uned Way funds a program that ordat the accsg of medil and behavral servic by lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and qutng dividuals Broward County. Homophobia and genr-based discrimatn make LGBTQ+ people, pecially youth, vulnerable to var forms of vlence and exploatn, cludg human traffickg. Prejudice, stigma, and homophobia often lead LGBTQ+ youth to experience hog stabily or homelsns.