Dana Rohrabacher: “I rise today to commend the 97 percent of all local United Way chapters which continue to support the Boy Scouts of…”

“I rise today to commend the 97 percent of all local United Way chapters which continue to support the Boy Scouts of America despite the national campaign to demonize this wonderful organization. The pressure to abandon the Boy Scouts has been just as intense as the pressure on the scouts themselves to abandon their moral standards and to take God out of the scout oath. Powerful business interests and Hollywood moguls like Steven Spielberg have severed their links with the scouts, and the taxpayer-funded public broadcasting system have attacked them as well. However, an overwhelming majority of the United Way chapters and the American people themselves have not cowered and have stood tall against this disgraceful campaign of intimidation. In my own constituency, for instance, the Orange County United Way Chapter has given local scout troops and organizations $1.3 million over the last 3 years and has no sign of letting up.”