Phildelphia is arranging to sell the Boy Scouts of America a piece of city property. Over the next two years, the Scouts would have to raise $500,000 to purchase the building, after which time they would own it outright. But the Scouts, which celebrated its 100th anniversary this year, still continue to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. Indeed, you cannot be gay and serve as a scout or a scout leader with the Boy Scouts of America.

Meanwhile, another real estate investor in the city of Philadelphia has agreed to match the offer of the Boy Scouts, and purchase the property from the city of Philadelphia. And he'd like to give the space to a group working to advance LGBT equality. That investor is Mel Heifetz, and he told Philly.com that he's looking to right a wrong.

"It would be very nice if the building were in the hands of some gay group," said Heifetz, who doesn't want to see the city settle with a group like the Boy Scouts, where anti-gay discrimination not only thrives, but is endorsed and condoned.

Send the city of Phildelphia a message that they should not reward the homophobic policies of the Boy Scouts of America. Another deal is on the table, one that would help keep up the city's reputation as a diverse and equality-minded place. They should take it.