As hateful as the boys scouts' position is, I don't think a corporation supporting a small fund-raiser brands it automatically as fucking homophobes.

Anyway, it's not the corporation that's being the fucking homophobes, it's the Nassau County franchise owner. Chipotle encourages charity events, but I suspect they leave it to the franchise owners to choose the local beneficiaries. If I lived in Nassau County, I'd write an angry letter.

I find it terribly disturbing what a class of people will do to children. It is the kids that get hurt when YOUR agenda is put in place. I never had a problem with gay folks, until i started to see them hurt children's activities. Keep it up people, keep it up.

"Show those militant lefties that we don’t need them, and support your local Boy Scouts."
I support myself!

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This may surprise you, but the Canadian Scouts allowed atheists, gays, and women in 1998 – six years before the Marriage Act.

Pregnant pause .

I have never heard of this particular chain of Latin American fare. I will avoid them when in the States.

This is sad. I love Chipotle. I recognize it is a franchise owner who is doing this, but it gives the entire organization a rather negative spin. I think it's time for the corporation to set some guidelines on their corporate responsibility towards charity.

I am an eagle scout and gay and let me tell you, whatever their official position. The BSA isn't all bad.

the response I got from Chipotle,

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Theo,

Yes, our marketing people in NY weren't aware that there were any issues with the Boy Scouts before (neither were the rest of us apparently). We will be more careful in the future. We don't support bigotry in any way, shape, or form. Thanks for your patience.

Sincerely,

Joe Sxxxx
Manager, Duct Tape and Plungers
Chipotle

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From: Theo Geer(theogeer@gmail.com)
Sent: 11/14/2007 8:58:03 AM
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Date Visited: All the Time

Comments:
Hey,

I love Chipotle. I enjoy the food, atmosphere, and the positive health you promote through your use of organic and free-range products.

Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that your philanthropic participation is, hopefully inadvertantly, supporting an organization that promotes discrimination and hatred of gay youth.

The Boy Scouts of America is a religiously based youth organization that teaches survival skills, teamwork, homophobia, and hate. It is an organization that has recently been denied federal funding for it's homophobic policies, and promotes discrimination against gay members.

As a gay man, I believe it is the responsibility of each person, and of responsible organizations such as yours, to put forth effort to alleviate and eliminate the damage that our culture does to itself on a daily basis. For me, having been an emotionally tortured child, the issue of acceptance for gay youth is one of paramount importance. I feel it is inappropriate of Chipotle to support the Boy Scouts of America as long as they continue to promote discrimination and hatred of gay youth.

While I believe it is too late to reneg on the offers and contracts this franchised branch of Chipotle has made, I feel it would be appropriate for Chipotle to address their corporate philanthropic policy to prevent your name from being used to support homophobic organizations.

Thank you for your time and attention,

Sincerely,

Theo Geer

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Chipotle is in Columbus Gay Pride every year, so it is definitely a local thing and not a corporation thing. Their shirts in gay pride even say "Homo estas?" I love Chipotle and hope that this incident does not deter people from still going there!

Actually, the man who started Chipotle is himself gay…

But regardless…Boy Scouts? We have bigger fish to fry.