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Fearless

(18,421 posts)
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 09:05 PM Jan 2012

Buy Girl Scout Cookies- Support Transgender Rights!

(A note: I do not represent girl scouts nor have I ever had any investment with them, but I think you'll agree that the LGBTQ community now does have an investment with them...)

A California-based teen is hoping to spearhead a national boycott of Girl Scout cookies after the organization's controversial decision to admit a 7-year-old transgender child to a Colorado troop this past fall.

The girl, which World News Daily has identified only as Taylor from Ventura County, Calif., appears in a YouTube video in which she claims her organization is using proceeds from sales of the popular cookies to "[promote] the desires of a small handful of people."

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"Right now, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A...is not being honest with us girls, its troops, its leaders, its parents or the American public," Taylor, who claims to have been a Girl Scout for eight years, says in the clip. "Girl Scouts describes itself as an all-girl experience. With that label, families trust that the girls will be in an environment that is not only nurturing and sensitive to girls' needs, but also safe for girls."

She goes on to note, "I am asking you to take action with me and boycott Girl Scout Cookies." The video eventually concludes with a tagline for the Honest Girl Scouts site, which describes itself as a group "concerned with the alarming choices GSUSA has been making," and "advocating for a change back to simply building girls of good character."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/11/girl-scout-cookie-boycott-transgender_n_1199260.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false


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So, if you support transgender rights... go buy some Girl Scout cookies!

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William769

(55,146 posts)
1. I buy Girl Scout cookies every year.
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 09:12 PM
Jan 2012

In fact the local Girl Scouts know if they come to my home first, they are off to a great start on selling their cookies.

Girls Scout Cookies is one of my guilty pleasures.

Evasporque

(2,133 posts)
4. Rumor has it that Taylor's Mom a anti-lgbt RW Activist put her up to making the video...
Sat Jan 14, 2012, 09:52 PM
Jan 2012

To further her agenda....

Susan Riedley

Taylor is in the Central Coast Council

Picture of Taylor in 2008
http://dailynews.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=20357032&event=591697&CategoryID=26304

you can research more with google...there is plenty to find...and you can find Susan on facebook.

Fearless

(18,421 posts)
7. Definitely makes sense...
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 02:08 PM
Jan 2012

That speech seemed very well rehearsed. Being a teacher, it doesn't sound quite her level.

iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)
6. the group behind this girl and the video is CRAAAZY
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 12:20 AM
Jan 2012

they say things like GSA is in secret league with Planned Parenthood to teach girls to get abortions...


they are insane!

i noticed that they have false information listed as their contact info on the registered domain of their website..
wonder if thats illegal?

i did find some other videos though about the group on you tube, and most of them are filmed BY A MAN. lol.

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