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Girl Scouts: liberal or conservative?
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Girl Scouts: liberal or conservative?
I would like to say a few nice things about the Girl Scouts.
In recent news, Bob “Cookie Monster” Morris, A conservative
State Representative from Indiana, made headlines by writing in a letter that
the Girl Scouts were “quickly becoming a tactical arm of Planned Parenthood”
and were being “subverted in the name of liberal progressive politics and the
destruction of the traditional American family values.” There is more, but it
starts to get truly ugly.
The fact of the matter is that the Girl Scouts are a fine,
conservative, 100-year old organization with the ambition to: “help girls
develop self-confidence and good decision-making skills that will help them make
wise choices in all areas of their lives.” They believe that girls deserve to
be educated, informed, and involved in society – that they should be “given the
opportunity to develop physically, mentally, and spiritually.”
Naturally, we have to understand that, 100 years ago, these
were all radical, liberal, progressive notions. In America, women weren’t
allowed the right to vote until 1920. They were often expected to remain
“barefoot and pregnant” or be
