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(7,981 posts) Fri Aug 30, 2013, 05:31 AM Aug 2013

Christian Girl Guide troop agrees to adopt secular Promise

A Girl Guide troop that vowed to stick to the original religious Promise has backed down after a meeting with senior leaders.

The Daily Mail reports that representatives of the St Paul's troop in Harrogate met senior leaders of Girlguiding UK at the weekend to discuss the stand off.

The troop had refused to adopt the new secular Promise, which omits the original pledge to love God and is due to come into effect on 1 September.

However, a complaint was made by volunteer Jem Henderson, 28, after she was told by pack leader Hazel Mitford that the troop would be "sticking with the previous Promise".

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/christian.girl.guide.troop.agrees.to.adopt.secular.promise/33754.htm

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