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  • Philly City Council Ends 79-Year Boy Scout Lease Over Refusal to Accept Homosexual Leaders

    06/01/2007 5:08:40 PM PDT · by wagglebee · 56 replies · 1,551+ views
    LifeSiteNews ^ | 6/1/07 | Gudrun Schultz
    PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Philadelphia City Council voted yesterday to end a nearly 80-year-old lease held by the Boy Scouts local branch over the group's adherence to a national policy banning actively homosexual leaders. The ongoing dispute pitted the Scouts' Cradle of Liberty Council against homosexual activists over the organization's refusal to adopt an official policy welcoming homosexuals into leadership. The City, under pressure by activist groups, wants the Scouts to either alter the organization's policy or start paying market rent for the use of the historical Beaux Arts building, where the Scout headquarters has been...