[anniegetyourgun]

I hope the city does have to eat that legal bill. Freedom of association still lives there in Philly...at least for now.

[Young Werther]

I guess the City of Brothers in Love will have to

SUCK IT UP!"

[End Times Sentinel]

The scouts can now ask the court to order the city to pay legal fees of about $860,000.

It's nice to know that the city is so awash in cash that we can afford to use our courts and solicitors wage nuisance law suits to make our sodomite City Solicitor and our useless mayor.

[Servant of the Cross]

Jury says Philly can't evict Boy Scouts for anti-gay policy existing ... (fixed it)

[IrishCatholic]

Well, sometimes it seems evil doesn’t win. I was beginning to get discouraged.

[NonValueAdded]

They mention city-owned building a few times but fail to mention that the Scouts built the building at the city’s request and deeded it back to them with the right to rent it for $1 a year. Unfortunately they also gave the city the right to change the terms with one year’s notice and the city did just that.

[fatima]

This is great news too:)

[thethirddegree]

Good. The queers can go stuff each other and leave the Scouts alone. I was a Boy Scout, First Class with a few merit badges. Some of the best days of my boyhood.

[Wuli]

“While the good work of the Boy Scouts cannot be disputed, the city remains steadfast in its commitment to prevent its facilities from being used to disadvantage certain groups.”

Their logic is backwards. It is they who think they can legally disadvantage private groups of associated citizens; picking and choosing which citizens groups they will honor on equal terms and which ones they won’t.

There is no honest truth to any idea that the lease given the Boy Scouts is an act of promotion of, or support of the policies of the Boy Scouts.

In such matters, the government MUST be agnostic, neither actively promoting or actively suppressing the points of view of one group of citizens over another.

The city is free to offer the same terms to a youth organization that does not restrict its membership to homosexuals. It is not free to pick and choose between those that do and those that don’t.

[beelzepug]

“Mayor Nutter said...”

[TheDon]

Councilman Darrell L. Clarke, whose district includes the scouts' headquarters, was disappointed: "If in fact you have a policy that does not comply with the city's antidiscrimination policy, then you should not be allowed to be in a city-owned facility, period."

Unless, of course, the "antidiscrimination" policy is discriminatory!

[Think free or die]

"Under the ordinance that leased the property to the scouts, the city has the right to evict them without giving any reason at all, both sides have agreed. Asked if the city would take that step, Smith said, "The verdict was just issued today, and we'll be considering all of our options.""

This is worrisome.

[SandRat]

Scout Victory Ping

[MarMema]

The scouts can now ask the court to order the city to pay legal fees of about $860,000.

A good day for all. A very good day.

Mom of 2 Eagle Scouts.

[pnh102]

If the city wants to save face at this point, perhaps it should agree to sell the building outright to the Scouts for $1.

[Condor51]

My head is spinning?????

1. Councilman Darrell L. Clarke, ... was disappointed:
   "If in fact you have a policy that does not comply with the city's antidiscrimination policy, then you should not be allowed to be in a city-owned facility, period."

2. Under the ordinance that leased the property to the scouts, the city has the right to evict them without giving any reason at all, both sides have agreed.

Sooooooooo.
Per Philly pols the Boys Scouts can't 'discriminate' even though SCOTUS says they can.

BUT! Philly can 'discriminate' when leasing property (or anything) and they don't even have to give a reason why they ARE discriminating.

To quote Capt. John Joseph Yossarian:

"That's some Catch, that 'Catch-22."

[2harddrive]

All Right!