One of the more interesting arguments I’ve seen about this compares the Boy Scouts to the Democrat and Republican political parties, who also receive government freebies.
That is, if a neo-Nazi joined either political party, and they refused to let him air his views, then kicked him out for being a neo-Nazi, both political parties would have “denied him his rights”.
So if the Boy Scouts are denied this largesse because of their stand against homosexuals and atheists, then the political parties should be denied largesse because they restrict membership to only those who believe as they do, infringing on free speech rights.
Actually, I read an earlier, more detailed article posted here earlier about this, and the Philadelphia boy scout leaders claim that they DO apparently allow homosexual scouts and scoutmasters to participate.
They had a working arrangement with the city government along the lines of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” They merely refused to openly repudiate the policy of the national organization, probably because they don’t want to get kicked out.
Apparently that informal arrangement is not good enough for the city politician responsible for this confrontation.
I also read in another posting that the scouts had built the building, and had donated it to the city in return for a perpetual lease.
If this is so, the city better prepare for a lawsuit.
The scientific, medical, and death rate statistics provide overwhelming evidence that homosexuality is unnatural. Why would any administration cave in to morons or people with disordered minds on a matter so clearly obvious?
Philadelphia, once a great city, is now controlled by Marxists (Democrats). IMO, they sold their integrity to the homosexual lobby. Now they can count their money twice, “donations” from the homosexual lobby and $200,000 extorted from the Boy Scouts of America.
This is because they do not understand that the term, The City of Brotherly Love" has absolutely nothing to do with queers.
If the homos can’t force their way into the boy scouts tents, they will try to destroy the boy scouts entirely.
Better no BSA than the BSA turned into a gay hunting zone.
The rat is a loathsome creature. Notice there is no problem with the Girl Scouts. That is because they don’t exclude lesbians. I am told their national headquarters is wall to wall lesbians. The liberal dunces that send their little girls to Girls Scouts either don’t know or ( more likely ) don’t care.
The City of Philadelphia is a crime-ridden sinkhole. No surprise they’ve got everything exactly bass-akwards.
Philly punishes Scouts over 'gay' issue ^
If Philly can abrogate the perpetuity clause, then the BSA should abrogate the contract, and demand payment, at current price, for the building they built on the property.
$200,000 a year is cheaper than settling lawsuits because a homosexual molested a kid. I bet the Catholic Church would have been willing to make that swap.
Philadelphia is protecting pedophiles, perhaps it should now be can Pedophilia.