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WHAT:
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) are coming to San Diego for their
annual convention Wednesday and Thursday, May 21 and 22, 2008. The BSA will hold their convention at the
Manchester Grand Hyatt.
Scouting For All (SFA), an organization dedicated
to inclusiveness in Scouting, will take public action to protest the National
Meeting of the BSA taking place in San
Diego on May 21-23, 2008.
WHO:
•
Scott Cozza,
Eagle Scout, President and Co-Cofounder, Scouting for All
•
Howard Menzer,
Eagle Scout, Southwestern Regional Director of SFAll
•
Scouting for
All, San Diego
Chapter
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Members of
National Scouting For All
ACTION:
Wednesday,
21 May 2008 at 10:30 am.
News conference in front of the Manchester Grand
Hyatt
Wednesday,
21 May 2008 from 1:00 - 4:00 pm.
Informational picket at the Manchester Grand Hyatt.
Wednesday,
21 May 2008 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm.
Candlelight vigil at the Manchester Grand Hyatt
Thursday,
22 May 2008 from 10:00 am – 12:00 NOON
Informational picket at the Manchester Grand Hyatt
WHERE:
In front of the Manchester Grand Hyatt, One Market Place, San Diego, California
Across from the corner of W. Market and W. Harbor Drive near the entrance to Seaport Village.
WHY:
The BSA discriminates against LGBT and atheist
scouts and leaders, and does not allow female scouts to join. The BSA receives special treatment by local
governments, including San Diego,
which allows it to carry on its discrimination on public property, while
leasing public lands with taxpayer subsidies.
Despite a Federal Court order, the City of San Diego continues to lease the Boy Scouts public
property in Balboa Park and allow them the use of a boat dock facility
on Fiesta Island
in Mission Bay at a discounted rate.
The SFA all volunteer staff, members and volunteers
believe Scouting is a wonderful program, but it should be a program for all
youth not just some youth. Lord Baden
Powell, the founder of the World Scouting Movement in 1907 founded
Scouting on the principle that Scouting would be offered to all youth and
thereby providing them an opportunity to grow and develop as individuals and
to help contribute in making this world a better place. We believe there is no room in Scouting for bigotry and
discrimination.
Past News
2007 Scouting for All Rally
Thank you for supporting our 7th Annual Scouting For All Rally held outside the BSA entrance
in Balboa Park in October 2007. Thank you to our fabulous speakers: Benny
Cartwright, Ernie McCray, Jennifer Schumaker, Wayne Schroeder, Matt Stephens
and Dr. Pat Washington.
A special thank you to the San Diego Imperial Court for their
generous support and contribution to San Diego Scouting for All.
For more information on ways you can help Scouting
for All, contact Howard Menzer at howmen@sbcglobal.net
We
recommend that you visit http://www.google.com
or http://www.yahoo.com (or
your favorite search engine) then do two searchs:
1) Type: Boy Scouts FBI Membership Fraud
2) Type: Boy Scouts Douglas Smith.
Boy Scouts of America under
investigation for allegedly inflating their membership numbers.
The Boy
Scouts of America have been under the investigation for fraud since December
2004, for allegedly inflating their membership numbers in order to receive
larger donations from some United
Ways, city, state, and federal governments, and
private businesses.
Boy Scouts of America and
Child Pornography
Douglas Smith, National
Director of Programs and Chairman of BSA Youth Protection Task Force in 2002,
has been arrested for receiving and distributing child pornography. In
November of 2002, Smith defended the BSA's policy against homosexuals. He
pleaded guilty in March 2005 to charges of possession and distribution of
child pornography.
Scouting For All National - News Articles and Features
SCOUTING FOR ALL NATIONAL -
News Articles and Features Resource Center
This is a
tremendous resource of current news and papers concerning the ongoing debate
of the Boy Scouts of America's national policy of exclusion.
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Press Releases for Scouting For All
National
Please click here to see the current Scouting For All National
Press Releases and Action Alerts.
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The American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of San Diego & Imperial Counties
ACLU's Special Features Page:
The Boy Scouts Balboa Park Lease: City-Sponsored Discrimination
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Events
Archives
October 8, 2006 -
Scouting For All Rally
San Diego Scouting For All's
seventh annual rally was held in front of the Boy Scout Desert Pacific
Council Headquarters in Balboa Park, San
Diego, California.
Scouting for All member and former Eagle Scout Mick Rabin was emcee for the
Rally. San Diego
community leaders shared their views on the BSA’s current policies of
exclusion. Scouting for All member and Eagle Scout Brenda Watson resigned her
Eagle badge.
October
9, 2005 - Scouting For All Rally
Our sixth annual rally was
held in front of the Boy Scout Desert Pacific Council Headquarters in Balboa Park,
San Diego, California. After a kickoff performance by
the San Diego Women's Chorus, local Eagle Scouts and San Diego community leaders shared their
views on the BSA’s current policies of exclusion. Howard Menzer, Eagle
Scout and southwestern regional director for Scouting for All emceed the
event.
July 30-31, 2005 -
Scouting For All Information Booth At Gay Pride
San Diego Gay Pride Weekend. San Diego, California.
May 1, 2005 -
Scouting For All at Earth Day, San
Diego.
Successful day at
Earth Fair. Interesting thing happened. The only group of people that the
police video taped and had complaints about where some right-wing extremist
"Christians" who had huge signs telling people they were going to
hell if they didn't convert.
August 22, 2004 -
Scouting For All Rally
Our fifth annual rally was held
in front of the Boy Scout Desert Pacific Council Headquarters in Balboa Park,
San Diego, California. We had a dynamic lineup of
speakers decrying the exclusionary membership policies of the the Boy Scouts
of America.
July 31, August 1, 2004 Scouting For All
Information Booth At Gay Pride
October 12, 2003
- Scouting For All Rally
Fourth annual rally was held in front of the Boy Scout Desert Pacific Council
Headquarters in Balboa Park, San
Diego, California.
This is the first rally where the speaker line-up was from all segments of
society. Gay, bi-sexual, straight, transgender, and an atheist spoke against
the exclusionary membership policy of the Boy Scouts of America.
July 26-27, 2003 - Scouting For All Information
Booth At Gay Pride
San Diego Gay Pride Weekend. San Diego, California.
Press Release
October 13, 2002 - Scouting For All Rally
Third annual rally was held in front of the Boy Scout Desert Pacific Council
Headquarters in Balboa Park, San
Diego, California.
Over 150 people attended this rally.
July 2002 - Scouting For All Information Booth at
Gay Pride
San Diego Gay
Pride Weekend. San Diego,
California.
Dec. 4, 2001 - San Diego
City Council Meeting.
The San Diego City Council voted to renew the Boy Scout Desert Pacific
Council Headquarters' lease in Balboa
Park for another 40
years despite a city ordinance ( Municipal Code 52.9601 ) barring the city from entering into
contractual agreements with organizations that discriminate based on sexual
orientation.
August 19th 2001 - Scouting For All Rally
Second annual rally was held in front of the Boy Scout Desert Pacific Council
Headquarters in Balboa Park, San
Diego, California.
Over 150 people attended this successful rally.
August 2000 - Scouting For All Rally
First annual rally was held in front of the Boy Scout Desert Pacific Council
Headquarters in Balboa Park, San
Diego, California.
Our first rally was started with six people. Howard Menzer and members
of PFLAG picketed with signs for three hours, in front of the Desert Pacific
Council Headquarters in Balboa
Park. One police
officer was present.
Brief
History (1989 - 2000) of James Dales and the Boy Scouts of America.
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News Archives
August 22,
2004 - Scouting For All Rally
Our fifth annual rally was
held in front of the Boy Scout Desert Pacific Council Headquarters in Balboa Park,
San Diego, California. We had a dynamic lineup of
speakers decrying the exclusionary membership policies of the the Boy Scouts
of America.
June 5, 2004
Lee McClendon,
Sr., (Assistant Southwest Regional Director for Scouting For All) will be at
an information booth at the Soul Force "Gays Out in Communities of Faith"
event to be held at Hillcrest Park in Fullerton, Calfornia. Event time is
from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Please stop by and learn how you can help stop
discrimination in the Boy Scouts of America.
May 19-21, 2004 - National Scouting For All Rally,
Chicago, Illinois. Candlelight Vigil to be held on May 20th.
May 1, 2004
Planning
meeting held on May 1st.
April 14, 2004
ACLU Press
Release - Court Rules Against Boy Scouts On All Issues In City Lease Case.
District Court Adds Fiesta Island To Finding Of Unconstitutionality On Balboa
Park Lease.
April 1, 2004
Howard Menzer
spoke at the Disneyland Resort to the League of Gay and Lesbian Disneyland
employees concerning Scouting For All. Seventeen members attended the
meeting. The well received speech was followed by a spirited and informative
question and answer period.
March 28, 2004
Eagle Scout Gets
Kicked Out For Supporting Scouting for All's Stand Against the Boy Scout's Of
America's Policy of Discrimination
March 20, 2004
Howard Menzer
spoke to fifteen members of the Haverah Organization in El Cajon, California.
The movie "Scouts Honor" was shown and a question and answer period
followed. A donation check was issued to Scouting For All.
March 20, 2004
Mick Rabin speaks at the San Diego Youth Congress
organized by the National Council for Community and Justice. San Diego,
California
February 25, 2004
Boy Scouts Lose Funding For Barring Gays. Kingston, New
York
February 5, 2004
Howard Menzer
participated on a question and answer panel at an SDSU LGBT function
entitled, "Generation Gap."
February 2, 2004
Mick
Rabin Speaks to the San Diego City Council
January 9, 2004
City Settles Boy Scouts Lease Suit. The San Diego Union-Tribune
(Unfortunately,
there are several pop-ups from the Union Tribune's web site.)
January 8, 2004
ACLU Press Release - ACLU Secures Landmark Settlement In Boy Scout
Lease Case San Diego To End Support For Scouts
July 31, 2003
Judge Says Use (Desert Pacific
Council renting space in San Diego's Balboa Park) Violates Separation Of
Church And State. San Diego Union Tribune.
July 09, 2003
Appeals Court Affirms Boy Scouts Exclusion From Connecticut State Charitable
Campaign Because of Anti-Gay Policy. Connecticut State Pride.
June 30, 2003
Scouts' Gay Stance Clouds Use Of Land. Philadelphia Inquirer.
June18, 2003
California's
Top Court Limits Judges' Membership In Boy Scouts. AP. - June 18, 2003
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