Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 10:28:50 -0500 (GMT-0500) From: "Thomas W. Holt Jr." Subject: More on New Haven, CT, United Way (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 17:05:17 -0700 From: Kraig R. Meyer Subject: More on New Haven, CT, United Way Another message forwarded to me: Boston Globe, July 29, 1994, page 29: United Way says it won't help Scouts ------------------------------------ NEW HAVEN -- The local United Way has upheld its decision to stop funding the Boy Scouts because its policy of banning homosexuals is discriminatory. The chapter decided in June to stop funding the Hamden-based Quinnipiac Council of the Boy Scouts on Jan. 1. The council ejected volunteer Scout leader David W. Knapp last winter for being gay. The Greater New Haven United Way's board of directors voted this week to deny the Scouts' appeal, saying its policy was not in compliance with the United Way's antidiscrimination policy. The council, composed of 250 Cub packs, Scout troops and Explorer posts in the area, got $60,000 annually from the United Way. Knapp, 67, is an Eagle Scout who was a professional Scout administrator for nine years before leaving for a career selling textbooks. He returned to the Scouts a few years ago as a volunteer at the request of Scout officials. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For general unmoderated discussion, mail to "eagles@flash.usc.edu". If you wish to be removed from this list, mail to "eagles-request@flash.usc.edu."