Philly: Love the brothers; hate the boy scouts.

Philadelphia, the "City of Brotherly Love," and the land of the tolerant, has itself taken a stand against tolerance:

Philadelphia has big city problems.

The murder rate is on the rise, and gangs make some areas unsafe even in the daytime. It's no secret that fatherless, undisciplined boys are the main reason the streets are deadly.

So what is the city doing about it? Let's imagine for a moment that we're in a Philadelphia City Council discussion.

"How about a crackdown on gangs? Or a crackdown on drug dealers?"

"Nah. Those people shoot back. I've got it! Let's persecute the Boy Scouts! They won't give the police any trouble."

"Yeah, this will be a great way to pay back those gay groups for donating to our campaigns. The media will love us, too. Watch how they'll frame this: 'Enlightened Officials Reign in Hateful, Bigoted Boy Scouts!' Good for us! Now, let's take a Starbucks break!"

So it was that on May 31, the real-life City Council, without debate, and under pressure from an organization that promotes the rights of "sexual minorities," stabbed the Scouts in the back. They voted 16 to 1 to break a 79-year-old agreement allowing the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts to occupy a building in a city park. The Scouts built the building in 1928, and turned it over to the city in exchange for a rent-free lease "in perpetuity." Apparently, "perpetuity" in Philadelphia now means, "until gay groups boot you out." The Scouts can stay only if they will open their ranks to open homosexuals.

Well, how about intolerance toward those who don't think like you do?

Councilman Darrell L. Clarke, the Democrat who introduced the motion, is urging the Scouts to "compromise. Honestly, no one wants to see them out of there."

Bullshit, Darrell. The very charter and tenet of the Boy Scouts demand that they keep themselves, "morally straight," a characteristic which necessarily precludes homosexual behavior. Unlike you, the Boy Scouts is an organization that actually runs on principle, not on what sounds good, or on what is expedient.

But a lib like yourself cannot possibly fathom that concept, can you?

When will the time come when liberals will cease trying to shove their godless religion down everyone else's throats?