SCOUTING FOR ALL INFORMATION BOOTH AT SAN DIEGO GAY PRIDE  --SATURDAY, JULY 26th & SUNDAY, JULY 27th, 2003

San Diego—Local Eagle Scouts and community leaders will be staffing an information booth at the San Diego LGBT Pride 2003 to provide information to the public about the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) discriminatory policies, Saturday, July 26th and Sunday, July 27th, 2003.

The San Diego Chapter of Scouting for All will provide information to the public about the Boy Scouts’ current policies of exclusion against the LGBT and atheist communities. San Diego Scouting For All has also formed Balboa Park For All concerning the issue of the City of San Diego continuing to provide a “sweetheart” land lease subsidy of prime Balboa Park land to the Boy Scouts of America's local Desert Pacific Council (The local San Diego district council of the Boy Scouts of America). This lease agreement violates the City of San Diego's own law which prohibits itself from doing business with any organization which advocates discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Additionally, San Diego Scouting For All will be inviting people to sign petitions to change the national Scouting exclusionary policies, send postcards to President Bush imploring him to step down as the Honorary President of the BSA, enlist the help of more local volunteers, and promote attendance at the upcoming protest rally (October 12, 2003) in front of BSA local headquarters in Balboa Park. For more information: http://www.sdscoutingforall.org

Details of the Saturday, July 26th & Sunday July 27th information booth:

Who: San Diego Scouting For All and Friends. See: http://www.sdscoutingforall.org
Howard Menzer, Eagle and Southwest Director of Scouting for All; Mick Rabin, Jim Gieson, Bob Leyh, and Fred Conwell, Eagle Scouts and members of Scouting For All; Ernie McCray, education leader
What: Scouting For All/Balboa Park for All Information Booth at SD LGBT Pride
When: Saturday, July 26th 12:00-10:00 and Sunday, July 27th 11:00-9:00
Where: 6th and Laurel, southwest end of Balboa Park in the SD LGBT Pride Festival
San Diego, CA
Why: To help end the Boy Scouts of America's policy of discrimination based on sexual orientation and religious beliefs. To protest the fact the City of San Diego is violating it's own law by doing business with an organization (the Boy Scouts of America) which advocates discrimination based on sexual orientation.

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