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Liars for Jesus: Girl Scout Cookie edition
In the Spirit: Pro-Life Wisconsin takes aim at Girl Scout cookies
Not everyone is loving those thin mints. Pro-Life Wisconsin is asking its members to reconsider purchasing Girl Scout cookies, saying the organization is too closely linked to the abortion rights movement.
In an email to supporters Monday, Pro-Life Wisconsin said that "while some local troops' activities may be wholesome, sadly, Girl Scouts USA promotes radically, anti-life women, such as Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, as role models, regularly partners with pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood for 'educational' activities, and encourages girls to fight for abortion on demand." The annual six-week period of Girl Scout cookie sales kicks off this Saturday.
Pro-Life Wisconsin told its supporters that "approximately 15 percent of each box sold goes to the troop. The rest goes to the regional and national organizations of Girl Scouts USA."
That's not true, said Christy Gibbs, a spokeswoman for the Badgerland Council, a regional body that provides Girl Scouting in south-central and southwest Wisconsin. No portion of cookie proceeds goes to the national Girl Scouts organization, she said.
Read more: http://host.madison.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/religion/in-the-spirit-pro-life-wisconsin-takes-aim-at-girl/article_289e265f-82d0-510e-b37c-f3a6efb22e95.html#ixzz2sMRPdtI7
Not everyone is loving those thin mints. Pro-Life Wisconsin is asking its members to reconsider purchasing Girl Scout cookies, saying the organization is too closely linked to the abortion rights movement.
In an email to supporters Monday, Pro-Life Wisconsin said that "while some local troops' activities may be wholesome, sadly, Girl Scouts USA promotes radically, anti-life women, such as Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, as role models, regularly partners with pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood for 'educational' activities, and encourages girls to fight for abortion on demand." The annual six-week period of Girl Scout cookie sales kicks off this Saturday.
Pro-Life Wisconsin told its supporters that "approximately 15 percent of each box sold goes to the troop. The rest goes to the regional and national organizations of Girl Scouts USA."
That's not true, said Christy Gibbs, a spokeswoman for the Badgerland Council, a regional body that provides Girl Scouting in south-central and southwest Wisconsin. No portion of cookie proceeds goes to the national Girl Scouts organization, she said.
Read more: http://host.madison.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/religion/in-the-spirit-pro-life-wisconsin-takes-aim-at-girl/article_289e265f-82d0-510e-b37c-f3a6efb22e95.html#ixzz2sMRPdtI7
Read more: http://host.madison.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/religion/in-the-spirit-pro-life-wisconsin-takes-aim-at-girl/article_289e265f-82d0-510e-b37c-f3a6efb22e95.html#ixzz2sMRHmHfT
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