[FoRK] Discrimination Tango

[Tom Higgins]

"The Boy Scouts will be evicted from a Philadelphia municipal building
for refusing to denounce the organization's policy of prohibiting
homosexuality."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/us/06scouts.html?ex=1354597200&en=a7973f31e09f9dae&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

two quotes that give me hope....

"At the end of the day, you can not be in a city-owned facility being
subsidized by the taxpayers and not have language in your lease that
talks about nondiscrimination," said City Councilman Darrell L.
Clarke, who represents the district where the building is located.
"Negotiations are over."

"Since we were founded, we believe that open homosexuality would be
inconsistent with the values that we want to communicate with our
leaders," said Gregg Shields, national spokesman for the Boy Scouts.
"A belief in God is also mentioned in the Scout oath. We believe that
those values are important. Tradition is important. Our mission is to
instill those values in scouts and help them make good choices over
their lifetimes."

Now what about all those tax exemptions given to groups who
discriminate as the boyscouts do?

-tomhiggins