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I just got this email.
xxxxx, some conservatives have decided that there is a new evil spreading throughout our land: the Girl Scouts.
Click here to add your name to the petition supporting the Girl Scouts, before this new attack spreads.
Because the Girl Scouts do not denounce birth control, non-Christians, or the LGBT community, a growing number of wingnuts have decided that the youth organization promotes abortion, paganism and "homosexual lifestyles." Some churches have even begun kicking out Girl Scout troops:
Several Girl Scout troops in Chantilly, Va., have been banned from meeting at a local Catholic church and a neighboring school.[...]
According to the Arlington Diocese, the pastor did not believe the National Girl Scouts membership to the World Association of Girl Guides & Girl Scouts aligned with the message of the church, stemming from a perceived connection between WAGGGS and Planned Parenthood
The anti-Girl Scout fringe also has at least one elected official on its side: Indiana Republican State Rep. Bob Morris refused to vote for a resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts because after "talking to some well-informed constituents" and conducting "a small amount of web research," he determined that the Girl Scouts are a "tactical arm of Planned Parenthood" that encourages "homosexual lifestyles."
Don't let social conservatives smear the Girl Scouts for promoting tolerance, diversity and responsible education. Click here to add your name to the petition supporting the Girl Scouts.
Thanks for all you do,
Chris Bowers, Daily Kos
Here is the link to the petition .
"http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=77
samsingh
(17,548 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,201 posts)HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Just buy boxes and boxes of cookies this year!
Put your cookies where your mouth is!
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)My wife's site has a biography you might be interested in... http://kitecd.com/low_juliette_gordon.htm
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)It just really gets me how people don't understand what their organizations support, promote, and encourage. Yes, YOUR troop may not personally be out campaigning for PP, but it is part of and is representative of a group that does!
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 5 hours ago
Taken from the comments section on a story about Bob Morris and his dumbassery.
http://www.ksdk.com/comments/305455/28/Indiana-representative-brands-Girl-Scouts-radical
She just drives through and drops that with no link or supporting documentation or anything? Like Bob, she "heard it on the internet"?
What group is Girl Scouts part of that supports and represents PP? Females?