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Activist Groups Urge Obama to Reject Boy Scout Honor
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Activist groups, including Scouting for All, urge President Obama not to accept the honorary Presidency of the Boy Scouts of America until they stop discriminating.
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Steven Cozza, Eagle Scout Asks the President of the U.S. to Resign as the Honorary President
of the BSA
Scouting For All Committed to Scouting Open to Diversity
7-15-00
Dear President Clinton,
My name is Steven Cozza. I am a 15 year old Eagle Scout. I love scouting and believe that it should be open to
all kids not just some kids. I am writing to you because I want to know if you would help out my gay friends. The
Supreme Court said that the Boy Scouts of America has a right to discriminate against gay kids and adults. As
an Eagle Scout of the Boy Scouts of America I think any form of discrimination is wrong. When I received my Eagle
Award Certificate, you had signed it as the Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America. The current leadership
of the BSA have shamed scouting in America by supporting a practice of discrimination against gay kids and adults
and atheists. My mother told me that when you ran for office the first time you told the American people, "To
discriminate against an American is Un-American". I agree with you. The Boy Scouts of America, as an organization
through its practice of discrimination is acting Un-American. As an Eagle Scout, I am asking you to find the courage
to step down as the Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America. This courageous act would give a GREAT message
to millions of gay kids in this country that they are accepted, loved, and supported by you as the President of
the United States. This would mean so much to gay kids. Right now all that my gay friends have heard from the BSA
is that they are immoral and no good. Actually, the Boy Scouts of America is acting immoral by the way they are
discriminating.
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, from the 6th district which my family is from here in California will be asking you
to step down as the Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America. Also, please listen to Ms. Woolsey and all
of the gay youth in America who face discrimination every day of their lives just because they were born who they
are. They need your support. I hope that you reach into your heart and do what you know is the right thing to
do.
Sincerely,
Steven Cozza, Eagle Scout
Cofounder of Scouting For All
Founder of the Petaluma HS Gay/Straight Alliance
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