Girl Scout Troops in Trans Panic Mode?

[William769]

After a Denver Girl Scout troop decided to allow a 7-year-old transgender child into the troop — reiterating that Girl Scouting was about empowerment and inclusion — a representative from Colorado's statewide organization, Rachelle Trujillo, told The Christian Post that "if parents brought a child to a meeting, and the child is recognized in the community as their daughter, then the Girl Scouts accept that. We don’t require proof of gender."

She went on to emphasize that inclusion policies should be handled, as they always have been, at a regional level.

While parents of trans kids applauded the decision, apparently not all Girl Scout moms were happy. According to The Christian Post, three troop leaders in rural Louisiana resigned their posts and are dissolving their troops over the inclusive policy. All three leaders were affiliated with Northlake Christian School in the town of Covington.

Those leaders called a trans welcoming policy "extremely confusing" and "dangerous situation." Their former Girl Scout troops are now expecting to align themselves with the American Heritage Girls, a Christian organization that was founded in 1995 in response to the Girl Scouts' decision to let scouts use a word other than "God" in their pledge.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/12/19/Girl_Scouts_Troops_in_Trans_Panic_Mode/

[yardwork]

1. "All three leaders were affiliated with Northlake Christian School..."

"Their former Girl Scout troops are now expecting to align themselves with the American Heritage Girls, a Christian organization that was founded in 1995 in response to the Girl Scouts' decision to let scouts use a word other than "God" in their pledge."

These are not at all typical of the Girl Scouts of America, which is generally very inclusive and welcoming. Very different from the Boy Scouts, a completely separate organization.

[The Genealogist]

2. Let them go if they want to go

Let them join their "American Heritage Girls," whatever that is. Sounds creepy to me.

[stevenleser]

8. That was my thought too. nt

[TygrBright]

3. I thought "American Heritage Girls" was some kind of doll-and-book franchise from China. n/t

[xchrom]

5. no, that's american girl dolls

http://www.americangirl.com/index.php

very popular w/ the few young girls of friends that i know.

[iris27]

4. The difference between the Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts is

that the Girl Scouts' policy is welcoming from the top down, though individual leaders or parents might freak out about that, whereas the Boy Scouts are exclusionary from the top down.

[stevenleser]

12. Exactly. The Boy Scouts' bigotry is institutionalized. nt

[joeybee12]

6. So, since three nutcases in louisiana resign this is a story?

What about the thousands who DIDN'T???

[Zenlitened]

7. Exactly. Headline by The Advocate is lame lame lame. -n/t

[stevenleser]

9. Another good point. nt

[GodlessBiker]

10. Sometimes the Advocate is the NY Post of gay news. The headline should have been how ...

wonderful the Girl Scouts' response was to this little girl wanting acceptance within the troop.

Bravo, Girl Scouts!! You are light years ahead of the Boy Scouts.

[ZombieHorde]

11. Being anti-trans is dumb.

The Girl Scouts were only strengthened by their "loss" of three dim bulbs.

[William769]

13. +1