June 12, 2008
Boy Scouts Sue Philadelphia in Dispute Over Membership
A local chapter of the Boy Scouts has sued the City of Philadelphia, saying the city violated the charity's constitutional rights by telling the scouting group to stop banning gays and atheists from its ranks or start paying market-rate rent on its city-owned offices.
The Boy Scouts chapter had faced a May deadline set by the city to change its policy, begin paying market-rate rent on the office building — about $200,000 a year — or vacate the building, which the
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