I just received the latest issue of the NESA (National Eagle Scout
Association) newsletter, and it has an article on the first page about
the Homosexual vs. BSA issue.  The article is included below...  and
while I don't agree with the position, it is well and fairly written.

...On another note, has anyone else noticed that most of the Eagle death
notices they put in this newletter, are for people in their teens and
twenties?  I am trying to decide if this is something unique to eagles,
or if it is just that the older members drop out of NESA's contact after
a while and they therefore can't print the notices.


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From "Eagletter -- Journal of the National Eagle Scout Association"
Volume 18, Number 2, Summer 1992

			  A Matter of Values

    For the past eighty-two years, the Boy Scouts of America has
placed before America's youth a consistent set of traditional family
values for them to consider and, we hope, adopt as they grow into
adutl citizens of our nation.  Throughout its history, Scouting has
maintained, through good and bad times, its values and its
independence as a private organization.  One of the rights of a
private organization, protected under our nation's Constitution, is
that of setting leadership standards that reflect the values of its
membership.

    The United Way of the San Francisco Bay Area has received the
report of its Boy Scout Task Force.  The recommendations of that task
force is an ultimatum to the entire Boy Scouts of America.  Two
options are presented to the Boy Scouts by this task force report:
	1.  That the BSA review, consider and change its position of
	    disallowing homosexuals to be members or leaders
	2.  That the six local councils obtain an exception from the
	    national BSA position on a pilot basis, to adopt a local
	    policy that allows homosexuals in the Bay Area to become
	    members or leaders

    The Boy Scouts of America has no quarrel with the homosexual
community.  Scouting respects their rights, within the freedoms
guaranteed by our Constitution, to live their lifestyle, just as
Scouting respects the rights of other groups.  It is thererfore
reasonable for Scouting to expect its rights to be respected and
protected.  What Scouting has stood for throughout its history remains
unchanged.

    The principles of the BSA are not and cannot be for sale to the
United Way of the Bay Area in San Francisco.  Values, principles, and
standards by defination cannot be compromised or negotiated for any
purpose, least of all money.  Scouting has received the financial
support to enable it to sustain itself throughout its history because
of its values, principles, and standards.

    At its February meeting, the National Executive Board of the Boy
Scouts of America voted unanimously to reaffirm its position regarding
homosexuality.  The position is that the Boy Scouts of America does
not permit avowed homosexuals to be registered as leaders or members
in the BSA.  This position was upheld in May 1991 by the Superior
Court in Los Angeles.