OTOH, as a private organization, what makes them entitled to free government office space?
Exactly. Why are the Boy Scouts on Welfare?
I may not agree, but as a private organization, the Boy Scouts should be able to admit whomever they wish.
OTOH, as a private organization, what makes them entitled to free government office space?
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Did you miss the fact, that although the city owns the land, the scouts built the building in 1928, in return for the $1 year rent?
Echo's from a generation laps and Ron Paul supporter...
“what makes them entitled to free government office space?”
Actually, the lease would be for the land. The scouts built the building and presumably still own it.
The article didn’t say anything about “free office space”. The BSA built the “landmark” building on city land. I guess the city should look at reimbursing the BSA for the building should they kick them off the land.
It pays to carefully read the article in question and as far as the “welfare” comments go... Do you contribute to the BSA? You apparently seem to have forgotten that millions of dollars of BSA funds have been wasted fighting all of the lawsuits filed against the BSA.
As usual, the BSA improves the land provided to them for beneficial use then get kicked out afterwards.
SM and proud dad of a Boy Scout.
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It is fairly common for a governmental entity to rent land at a nominal fee (usually $1.00 a year) when the community (including its politicians) wants to give a conspicuous location in the public square to an organization.
Even if the Scouts decided to pay the rent, this is just the beginning of the effort to drive them out.
Personally, I hope they either demolish the building or take it apart and relocate it to a piece of land (outside of Philadelphia) that they own.
I may not agree, but as a private organization, the Boy Scouts should be able to admit whomever they wish.
OTOH, as a private organization, what makes them entitled to free government office space?
The benefits from the Boy Scouts more than make up what the city would collect in rent.
At the same time it's better for Scouting to leave Philadelphia than that it be allowed to be taken over by the homosexual lobby.
The Scouts stand head and shoulders above the Philadelphia city government and it’s officials.
THEY should be kicked out of the city and the officials tarred, feathered, and ridden out on a rail.
THEN put the scouts in to restore the dank cesspool of filth that Philadelphia has become. Rotten to the core.
The fact that they built this mega-million dollar building and donated it to the City as a condition of the original rent agreement.
At one time in our culture, organizations which promoted the honest and moral development of young men into manhood and roles of leadership were so revered they were offered the use of buildings and office space for token amounts.
Now they are decried from the rooftops by those not fit to shine their shoes.
I was a Boy Scout, and I learned a lot. Those lessons apply throughout life.
It is a pity Philadelphia has chosen to attempt to extort a change in policy this way, after all it isn't about the rent, it is about the Boy Scouts saying "No." to homosexuals sharing a tent with someone's boy out in the boonies...