Lockheed Martin has become the latest corporation to halt donations to the Boy Scouts of America because of the organization’s policy against gay leaders.
The defense contractor, which employs about 7,000 people in Cobb County, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in an exclusive statement Wednesday that it would no longer provide support to the Boy Scouts and other nonprofit groups that “do not align with the corporation’s policies or commitment to diversity.”
“Lockheed Martin is committed to building strong partnerships with non-profit organizations that value diversity and align with our policies,” said spokesman Gordon Johndroe. “And we believe engaging with and funding an organization that openly discriminates is in conflict with our policies.”
Lockheed didn’t say how much money it had donated to the Boy Scouts.
Sandy Springs-based UPS said in November 2012 that it changed its policy on charitable gifts to require that recipients have a nondiscrimination policy that matches its own. Scouting’s national council voted in May to allow gay members, but continued a ban on gay leaders.
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