I'm sure there are no easy answers here (telling the City of Philadelphia to stuff it and move out of the HQ may be the right answer, but it's not easy and will cost much $). And while the statement about "homophobic bigotry" seems over the top, I'll wager that among the calls and e-mails he gets are some entirely unreasonable "kill all the faggots" messages. And some messages saying "kill all the right-wing fag-haters" as well.
Prior to this, most Scouters would have thought that becoming Scout Executive of the nation's 3rd largest Council would be seen as a big step up towards a spot in Regional or National; even possible consideration as the next Chief Scout Executive. Not now.
Life Scout Greg Lattera was ousted from the organization after he admitted being gay at the Boy Scouts national conference.
Interesting spin. Usually, "admitted" is taken to mean that you divulged information against your own interest, with reluctance, upon being questioned. But the BSA's policy forbids questioning Scouts or Scouters about their sexual orientation, and they have enforced this by restoring to his position one Scout (a summer camp counselor) who was questioned about his orientation and then fired when he answered honestly that he was gay.
Whereas Greg Lattera wasn't questioned by the BSA about his orientation; he called a press conference with the express reason of revealing his orientation in an attempt to force the BSA to respond. This fits the definition of "avowed homosexual". Thus, in accordance with policy that he was well aware of and deliberately defied, his registration was revoked.
This is exaclty why the United Way no longer gets any of my money.
And the liberals have the gall to complain about the Patriot Act and its transgressions on perceived privacy. Right.