A letter from Richard Isay, New York, asking the Board to affirm the American's clear commitment to non-discrimination on the basis of sexual affiliation received the Board's unanimous support. Isay's letter, which requested a confirmation of the organization's well-established stand on this issue, asserted that integrity, analyzability, and educability have constituted the basis for assessment of applicants to the field, not diagnosis, symptoms, or manifest behavior. This position, based as it is on scientific findings as well as on respect for differences in human personality, is consonant with the American's general commitment to non-discrimination, including discrimination based on race, religion, or gender. Specifically, the letter addressed the American's scientific position that there are many homosexualities, just as there are many heterosexualities, and psychoanalysis does not pretend to have complete understanding of this complicated issue.