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[Philly] An Attack On The Boy Scouts In Philly

The Boy Scouts act like a public institution when they want money (like free rent) but want to be a private organization so they can discriminate.

If they want to exclude homosexuals or atheists, that's fine, but they should not do it with public money.

The Boys Scout rules HAVE NOT remained the same, this god and anti-gay stuff started in 1980's. Mostly from the influence of the Mormons, who are the largest sponsors of scout troops.
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-meh

The Jury and the Supreme Court do not agree with you.

Can you show me where the Boy Scout Charter changed from the original in 1910 to back up your claim? I know for a fact it did not.

The Boy Scouts hold meetings in schools, churches, synagogues, etc and are not Mormon related at all in Philadelphia. Do you have proof otherwise?

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PHILADELPHIA - June 23, 2010 -- The city of Philadelphia cannot evict a local Boy Scouts chapter from a city-owned building for refusing to admit gays, a federal jury ruled Wednesday.

The city had insisted that nonprofits given free use of its property must abide by local anti-discrimination laws, which include equal protection for gays. But the jury found the city's reason violated the local scout council's First Amendment rights.

The eight-day trial followed a decade of sometimes heated discussions stemming from a 2000 Supreme Court decision that said the Boy Scouts, as a private group, can exclude gays from membership. Some public and private donors around the country withdrew support.

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