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Philly owes $877,000 for Boy Scouts' eviction case
Associated Press ^ | 3/21/12

Posted on 03/21/2012 9:43:32 PM PDT by SmithL

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The city must pay nearly $900,000 after a failed effort to evict the Boy Scouts of America because of the group's ban on gays, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

The post-trial ruling is just the latest twist in a decade-long legal dispute over the Boy Scout oath, which requires members to be "morally straight."

The two sides have sought a compromise that would let the local Boy Scouts chapter keep its rent-free, city-owned headquarters without violating the national Scout policy.

However, a tentative deal struck since the city lost a court case last year has fallen apart. U.S. District Judge Ronald Buckwalter therefore said the city must pay $877,000 for the Scouts' legal fees.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: boyscouts; bsa; bsalist; homosexualagenda; pa; pennsylvania; philadelphia; scoutshonor
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To: manc

I was just pointing out that times change and that what was once mainstream and ordinary in the northeast US (the KKK was far more active in NY , NJ , PA than in the south) at the time that the BSA built and donated this building is unthinkable today. The BSA was and is far more honorable than it’s contemporaries back then and obviously NOW when they are fighting for the right of self determination. Sorry the point was lost on you , I thought it was self explainatory.


61 posted on 03/22/2012 6:56:59 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: manc

They are Evil and mentally sick. It’s quite simple. Psychopaths were would rather give each other (and now us, they want to donate blood) AIDS than try to live a normal life. They like AIDS, they have parties to give it and get it. And they hate normalcy and normal people.


62 posted on 03/22/2012 8:06:53 PM PDT by little jeremiah (We will have to go through hell to get out of hell. Signed, a fanatic)
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To: SmithL

A real slap in the face to the same-sexers and a blow to their quest to access little boys. Finally, the homo agenda suffers a defeat.


63 posted on 03/23/2012 7:50:36 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: 17th Miss Regt; 2001convSVT; 2banana; 3catsanadog; 50sDad; Abby4116; abercrombie_guy_38; ...

Boy scouts YAY! ping


64 posted on 03/23/2012 4:06:42 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("The facts of life are Tory." -- Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Albion Wilde

A triple YAY!! at the very least!


65 posted on 03/23/2012 4:39:44 PM PDT by Postman (The only handgun we can carry in the PRNJ shoots rubber bands)
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To: Lancey Howard

The Democrats running the place tried to intimidate and browbeat and extort the Boy Scouts into signing up homos to take little boys off into the woods, ...

Don’t forget United Way has had a hand in all of this.If you give to charity, give it straight up to them, not to bundlers like United Way


66 posted on 03/23/2012 5:04:14 PM PDT by Figment
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To: tcrlaf

Right, that’s the problem with cases like this. These council members won’t lose a dime personally, but the taxpayers are on the hook.


67 posted on 03/23/2012 5:46:02 PM PDT by Melas (u)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The problem is - that was legal fees. I’m not sure the scouts get to take home the money.

However - it is nice to see the city get it’s just desserts.

The real nasty part was the tone of this article. No - the reporter wasn’t biased! Sheesh!


68 posted on 03/23/2012 8:55:20 PM PDT by fremont_steve
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To: SandRat
butt stock of the fairly new, Ruger 1022 .22 rimfire semi auto rifle...100th anniversary BSA model.


69 posted on 03/24/2012 4:32:57 AM PDT by Vaquero (Molon Labe)
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To: SmithL

Excellent !


70 posted on 03/24/2012 5:01:46 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Beware the Sweater Vest)
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To: Albion Wilde

Yippee Kai Yeah !!!!!
Boy Scouts = Good, Trustworthy, Honest

I’m really glad the liberals lost on this one.


71 posted on 03/24/2012 6:38:11 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (End Obama's War On Freedom.)
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To: Albion Wilde

Great news! Thanks for the flag.


72 posted on 03/24/2012 7:00:03 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Pray for our republic.)
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To: Vaquero
I Love it. It will also drive the Anti-Gun and Anti-Scout LibTurds into blathering fits of Moronic Rage.
73 posted on 03/24/2012 10:00:22 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat
I bought one for my Scout Master son...it is cool.

let the lidtards whinge and whine....

74 posted on 03/24/2012 10:17:19 AM PDT by Vaquero (Molon Labe)
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To: Albion Wilde

YAY! And I’ll raise you a YIPPEE!


75 posted on 03/24/2012 1:36:11 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: old and tired

I’ve found in Chicago that even the most corrupt politicians have a soft spot in their heart for the Boy Scouts.


76 posted on 03/27/2012 1:26:37 PM PDT by RonF
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To: old and tired

I’ve found in Chicago that even the most corrupt politicians have a soft spot in their heart for the Boy Scouts.


77 posted on 03/27/2012 1:26:49 PM PDT by RonF
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