At one time in our culture, organizations which promoted the honest and moral development of young men into manhood and roles of leadership were so revered they were offered the use of buildings and office space for token amounts.
Now they are decried from the rooftops by those not fit to shine their shoes.
I was a Boy Scout, and I learned a lot. Those lessons apply throughout life.
It is a pity Philadelphia has chosen to attempt to extort a change in policy this way, after all it isn't about the rent, it is about the Boy Scouts saying "No." to homosexuals sharing a tent with someone's boy out in the boonies...
I agree with most of what you said, and I don't know you so I can't tell what you may have learned in the Boy Scouts that wasn't already within you. I just see a contradiction between honesty, morality, and character, and an entitlement mentality just because your organization happens to promote honesty, morality, and character.
Once again, I'm on your side. What I want to see is the BSA -- and ALL private organizations -- owning their own land free of government interference. Wouldn't this be true to the Boy Scout vision of self-reliance? To do this, they have to obtain land at a fair price. But once again, I wasn't around in Philadelphia in 1928 to be privy to the original agreement.