Posted on 10/27/2007 5:05:41 AM PDT by Man50D
Outraged citizens crashed the e-mail system of the Philadelphia mayor's office after the city accused the local Boy Scouts chapter of discriminating against homosexuals and forced the organization to pay $200,000 rent for its city-owned headquarters.
About 150,000 Boy Scout-related e-mails were removed from the city's e-mail system, reported the Bulletin newspaper of Philadelphia.
"We were deluged," said Terry Phillis, chief information officer for Mayor John Street. "We pulled the messages off so they wouldn't take the system down. It had to be done to protect system integrity."
As WND reported, Philadelphia's city council voted to renege on a 1928 ordinance allowing the Cradle of Liberty Council to have its headquarters in a building on a parcel of public land "in perpetuity" for $1 a year.
Phillis believes there was "an active campaign to let city council know they were against what happened."
The city told the Scouts they must either adopt the city non-discrimination policies, pay the market value rent of $200,000 a year or give up the building space.
The Bulletin said the e-mails criticizing the city's decision threatened the computer system despite a sophisticated filtering system designed to prevent overloads.
A city council man who supports the Scouts, Frank Rizzo, said he will answer every e-mail he received.
"I received more than 1,000 e-mails just Sunday," he told the Philadelphia paper. "... I believe I have an obligation to people who write to me. I treat it just like it was a letter."
City officials in San Francisco and Boston have made similar decisions to displace the Scouts because of the group's behavior code.
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“I come against you and your intolerance and raise you with MY intolerance.”
Discriminating against a behavior is no longer allowed?
I am not a bit surprised by the actions of these "Homofascists"!
And yes, I just made up a term that accurately identifies these scumbags..."HOMOFASCISTS"!
If I am not mistaken, I believe the Scouts are open to homosexual members. The restriction only applies to leadership positions.
Homos can’t control themselves and can’t be trusted with young boys. They dream of male ass 24/7.
Maybe somebody should show the good Mayor some pictures of the Folsom Street Fair from a few weeks back.
They already own the property, the scouts own the building.
Thats just short of 10 million bucks that the good homos, queers, and other citizens of philly could pony up to honor their prior legal obligation under the lease.
If there was a lease then the city wouldn't have a legal leg to stand on. But that's the problem, I believe the agreement to let the scouts have it for a buck a year was an unwritten agreement between the city and the scouts. Unfortunately unwritten agreements aren't legally binding.
Which is the exact figure that the city itself put on the property.
I'd like to know how the city came up with that figure.
Regardless, the obvious solution if for the city to sell the land to the scouts. The land is worthless with the building on it. The building is worthless if there isn't land for it to rest on. Get an impartial real estate acessor to come up with a value and let the scouts buy it. Then they don't have to worry.
I believe you are incorrect. The scouts do not allow homosexuals either as members or leaders. When you stop and think about it, it wouldn't make sense otherwise.
Best bet might be to write a letter or send an email to:
Council Scout Executive
Cradle of Liberty Council
22nd & Winter St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1085
Phone: (215) 988-9811
Email to the Counicl Scout Executive is Mr. Bill Dwyer at wdwyer@colbsa.org
--Samuel Goldwyn
I think you are mistaken. I believe that the Scouts do not permit homosexuals to become members and that boys are required to take an oath in which they promise to remain morally “straight.”
Is this guy still above ground, or is this his son?
Isn’t this the city that voted 105% democrat in the last election?
Former Mayor Frank L. Rizzo died in 1991 after triumphantly winning the Republican nomination. The City Council member is his eldest son.
It's the former Mayor's son
Can you imagine how long the Scouts, as an organization, would last if gays were allowed in, and young boys were molested? The lawsuits would be flying around left and right until the organization went broke.
Good news on the Scouting front!
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