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FRC Abandons Ship with UPS<br>
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In this busy shipping season, UPS will have at least one <br>
less customer to worry about: FRC. After 11 years as our <br>
official carrier, FRC is suspending its contract with UPS <br>
for openly discriminating against the Boy Scouts of America <br>
(BSA). In November, company executives announced that <br>
they would no longer support organizations that refuse to <br>
bow to their politically correct view of homosexuality. <br>
Although Vice President Kristen Patrella insisted UPS's <br>
decision didn't specifically target the Scouts, theirs was the <br>
only group affected. UPS promised to end its charitable <br>
donations to the Scouts "until gay Scout leaders are welcome <br>
within the organization."<br>
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According to most reports, the shipping giant altered its <br>
policy after an online petition drive at the liberal website, <br>
change.org, encouraged companies to end their BSA <br>
partnerships. But in the end, the 83,000 signatures it <br>
collected is a drop in the ocean compared to the 1,074,775 <br>
Americans who volunteered with a troop last year -- or the <br>
2.7 /million /boys who were actual members of the Boy <br>
Scouts. Yet they, the overwhelming majority, are the ones <br>
for whom UPS has shown the greatest contempt -- and <br>
whose valuable activities will suffer as a result.<br>
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FRC tried to resolve the matter behind the scenes, even <br>
contacting Chairman and CEO Scott Davis with a letter <br>
of protest <br>
<<a
href="http://www.frcblog.com/media/filer/2012/12/11/112712_letter_to_ups_boy_scouts.pdf">http://www.frcblog.com/media/filer/2012/12/11/112712_letter_to_ups_boy_scouts.pdf</a>>
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-- to which UPS promptly replied. Unfortunately, the company <br>
only reiterated its position that until the BSA puts a greater <br>
priority on the political agenda of LGBT activists than the <br>
protection of Scouts, they are not entitled to the same equality <br>
UPS claims to endorse. Apparently, the company isn't <br>
interested in true diversity but in strong-arming anyone who <br>
disagrees with their extreme agenda -- including a century-old <br>
youth development program, whose only crime is instilling <br>
character into millions of American boys. As for their longstanding
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policy on homosexuality, the Boy Scouts are doing what <br>
every parent would want them to: putting children's safety first.<br>
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Meanwhile, it seems UPS is not only anti-freedom, but <br>
anti-religion as well. Last week, the federal government sued <br>
the company for firing a Jehovah's Witness driver over a <br>
scheduling request. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity <br>
Commission (EEOC) argues that the shipping giant violated <br>
America's anti-discrimination laws when it refused to modify <br>
the employee's hours so that he could attend a special church <br>
service. "When the employee refused to compromise his <br>
religious beliefs and attended instead of reporting for work, <br>
UPS fired him. UPS also assigned him a 'do not hire' status <br>
and refused to hire him when he applied for a different position <br>
at UPS's Staten Island facility," the EEOC press release explains <br>
<<a href="http://eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/12-3-12a.cfm">http://eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/12-3-12a.cfm</a>>.<br>
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If UPS wants to cater to the intolerant crowd, that's their <br>
business. But from now on, it won't be ours. FRC is taking its <br>
shipping needs elsewhere.
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Liberals! "No one is so generous as he who has your savings
to give." ~ German Proverb</pre>
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