KICKED OUT .... DRAFT #2

1) The City of Philadelphia is essentially kicking the Boy Scouts of America out of its building.

2) The North Carolina State Baptist Convention is kicking Meyers Park Baptist Church out of its convention.

Now, what do these two seemly unrelated events have in common? The former groups are upset with the way the later groups are treating gay persons. The City of Philadelphia says its laws prevent persons from discriminating because of sexual orientation ... NCSBC says that they will discriminate because of the way a member church treats gay persons. In both cases the later groups are being kick out of something, one a building; one a "social" group.

Confusing huh? Probably unrelated, too. But as a former Boy Scout and church leader I can tell you that most of that leadership is lives in a cocoon.