This is a bit off the usual track, but my son is a life scout working toward eagle scout, so this is of personal interest. ed.
Boy Scouts Win Battle in Court
by Rick Leventhal
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/author/rleventhal/
June 23, 2010
UPDATE:
A Philadelphia jury has ruled in favor of the Boy Scouts, meaning they will not be evicted from their home or forced to pay rent, at least for now.
Outside the courthouse, a lawyer for the Boy Scouts, Jason Gosselin, told Fox News the Scouts won on the most important issue, that of First Amendment rights. The jury found the city posed an unconstitutional condition on the organization by asking it to pay $200,000 annual rent on property it was leasing for a dollar a year, in a building the Scouts built and paid for themselves, all because the city felt the Scouts were in violation of Philadelphia's anti-discrimination laws.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
by Rick Leventhal
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/author/rleventhal/
June 23, 2010
UPDATE:
A Philadelphia jury has ruled in favor of the Boy Scouts, meaning they will not be evicted from their home or forced to pay rent, at least for now.
Outside the courthouse, a lawyer for the Boy Scouts, Jason Gosselin, told Fox News the Scouts won on the most important issue, that of First Amendment rights. The jury found the city posed an unconstitutional condition on the organization by asking it to pay $200,000 annual rent on property it was leasing for a dollar a year, in a building the Scouts built and paid for themselves, all because the city felt the Scouts were in violation of Philadelphia's anti-discrimination laws.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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