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Boy Scouts Win Eviction Suit Against Philadelphia
Philadelphia Legal Intelligencer

Posted on 06/23/2010 4:56:26 PM PDT by Williams

"A federal jury on Wednesday declared that the city of Philadelphia had violated the First Amendment rights of the local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America by moving to evict it from its city-owned headquarters if it refused to repudiate the anti-gay policies of the scouts' national parent group.

In its verdict, the jury of six women and two men found that the city had imposed an "unconstitutional condition" on the scouts and declared that it was not "reasonable" to do so."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: boyscouts; bsa; cradleofliberty; eviction; excludinggays; homosexualagenda; lawsuit; philadelphia; ruling; tlhfckoctbcr
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The above is from the Legal Intelligencer I excerpted out of caution. Boy Scouts will be able to petition for their legal fees, estimated at $860,000.
1 posted on 06/23/2010 4:56:28 PM PDT by Williams
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To: Williams

Here’s a link that should show at least the headline:

http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/index.jsp


2 posted on 06/23/2010 5:03:01 PM PDT by Williams
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To: Williams

Outstanding!!!!!!!


3 posted on 06/23/2010 5:03:13 PM PDT by LiteKeeper ("It's the peoples' seat!")
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To: Williams; Tribune7; TAdams8591; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; wireman; Mr. Binnacle; brityank; JrsyJack; ...
**** Philly Metro/Delaware Valley Ping ****


4 posted on 06/23/2010 5:03:18 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Keep your socialized health care off my body !!)
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To: Williams; RonF; AppauledAtAppeasementConservat; Looking for Diogenes; Congressman Billybob; ...


Scout Ping

5 posted on 06/23/2010 5:04:46 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Williams

Hot dog!

This makes my day. Thanks for posting.


6 posted on 06/23/2010 5:05:09 PM PDT by kidd
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To: Williams

Excellent news!


7 posted on 06/23/2010 5:07:30 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Williams

Hey...the Good Guys win one in court for a change.

This is possibly the best news I’ve read in months.


8 posted on 06/23/2010 5:07:37 PM PDT by padre35 (You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
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To: Williams

Until Monday, 6/21/2010, I worked for a local BSA Council. They are all hurting.
I was laid off because simply there is no money left to pay staff with. I worked with personal information on all volunteers. They cannot farm my job out I needed to be bonded.

The remaining staff all took a 6% pay cut as well. I have been crying for two days.

The BSA is taking a huge toll on their belief system that protects the youth members.


9 posted on 06/23/2010 5:10:06 PM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: Williams; SandRat

Yyyyeesss!!!

Makes an Eagle Scout Mom happy.


10 posted on 06/23/2010 5:14:00 PM PDT by notpoliticallycorewrecked (According to the MSM, I'm a fringe sitting, pajama wearing, Freeper)
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To: television is just wrong

Look at the money the City of Philadelphia wasted trying to persecute a group as noble as the Boy Scouts! The BSA could have put that money to such better use.

Mind you, the Philadelphia Boy Scout group agreed not to discriminate against gays and the City tried to evict them just because they wouldn’t also repudiate the national organization.


11 posted on 06/23/2010 5:15:02 PM PDT by Williams
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To: Williams

Sanity !


12 posted on 06/23/2010 5:18:08 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: Williams

Good


13 posted on 06/23/2010 5:20:54 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: SandRat

Sweet! Chalk up one for the good guys!


14 posted on 06/23/2010 5:22:36 PM PDT by aliquando (A Scout is T, L, H, F, C, K, O, C, T, B, C, and R.)
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To: Williams

That is GREAT news!! Thank God!


15 posted on 06/23/2010 5:22:39 PM PDT by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: SandRat
found that the city had imposed an "unconstitutional condition" on the scouts and declared that it was not "reasonable" to do so."

Duh!!...Common Sense prevails, let the pervs start their own queer scouts bath-house.

16 posted on 06/23/2010 5:25:32 PM PDT by PROCON (Liberal: Proof you can fool some of the people all of the time.)
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To: Williams; Irisshlass; informavoracious; larose; RJR_fan; Prospero; Conservative Vermont Vet; ...
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Freep-mail me to get on or off my pro-life and Catholic List:

Add me / Remove me

Please ping me to note-worthy Pro-Life or Catholic threads, or other threads of general interest.

17 posted on 06/23/2010 5:26:00 PM PDT by narses ( 'Prefer nothing to the love of Christ.')
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To: Williams

Rather than mourn the Court’s decision, Liberals every where should be celebrating the protection of diversity represented by this decision.


18 posted on 06/23/2010 5:28:06 PM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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To: Williams
In Philadelphia no less, the "City of Brotherly Love Sodomy"
19 posted on 06/23/2010 5:30:40 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: Williams

Sanity prevails!


20 posted on 06/23/2010 5:32:44 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( - Eccl. 10:18 -)
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