To: eagles@pompei.usc.edu
Subject: BSA/United Way coverage on CNN
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 92 12:36:21 PDT
From: kmeyer@aero.org

Among the information reported on CNN about the United Way/Boy Scouts
scuttle in San Francisco:

* The BSA claims to have received over 2000 letters of support for the
  policy.  Some letters have come with donations, including one donation
  of $10,000.

* A CNN reporter asked the Western Region director why the policy (that
  discriminates against gays) is in effect.  His response (paraphrased):
  "The Boy Scouts is not for everyone.  The Boy Scouts have a role of 
  emphasizing and teaching traditional family values.  Homosexuals are
  not acceptable role models to teach that."

* United Way spokesman, an older black woman: "My sons were not Boy 
  Scouts, because at that time the Boy Scouts did not accept blacks 
  into their troops....discrimination of all forms is wrong and that
  is what the United Way is standing for."