>(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) The days of free rent on a city owned building may be coming to an end for the Philadelphia branch of the Boy Scouts of America.
>City Council has voted 16 - 1 to direct the city to end the lease, or force the BSA’s Cradle of Liberty Council to pay full market value for the site, unless the scouts sign a pledge not to discriminate against openly gay people.
>The Cradle of Liberty Council, the third-largest scouting group in the country. It has been battling with the city for more than three years over the policy, which like the national Scouts organization forbids gays from being leaders.
>The group has made its headquarters on a half-acre owned by the city in the upscale Philadelphia Art Museum area since 1928, when the city council voted to allow the Scouts to use the property rent-free “in perpetuity.” The Scouts pay for building upkeep.
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