VA Catholic Church Bans Girl Scouts Over Alleged Planned Parenthood Connection
- Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:54am by
Billy Hallowell
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In recent weeks, The Girl Scouts of the USA has been forced to field an array of negative publicity.
In its most recent drama, a Catholic church in Virginia has banned the organization from meeting on its grounds due to alleged connections with Planned Parenthood. This, of course, follows two other recent incidents of note.
At the end of December, the Blaze exposed one of the organization’s books that refers young readers to Media Matters for America as one of the primary sources for debunking lies and deceit. Then, a teen Girl Scout recorded a video calling for a cookie boycott over the organization’s acceptance of a transgendered male.
The newest controversy comes as St. Timothy Catholic Church in Chantilly, Virginia, has decided to banish several Girl Scout troops from meeting both at the church and at St. Timothy School, an associated facility that educates children grades preschool through eight. According to NBC Washington, the scouts also cannot wear their uniforms on church premises.
The Arlington Diocese explains that St. Timothy‘s pastor doesn’t believe the Girl Scouts is in line with the church’s message. The church’s decision was apparently rooted in the perceived notion that the Girl Scouts has an attachment to Planned Parenthood. Considering the ongoing debate surrounding the network of clinics and their willingness to perform abortions, this was enough to lead the church to ban the group’s activities.
“Every pastor in the diocese has the responsibility to determine how best to use their parish facilities, consider the requests of outside groups, and reconcile such requests with the needs and mission of their parish community,” read a portion of an official statement from the diocese.
The pastor’s angst seems to surround the World Association of Girl Guides & Girl Scouts (an international coalition of scouting groups) connection to Planned Parenthood. But the Girl Scout Council of the Nation‘s Capital said that its parent isn’t WAGGGS and that it reports to Girl Scouts of the USA, an organization that does not have an attachment to Planned Parenthood.
In the past, WAGGGS has come under fire for advocating for abortion rights, as its web site purportedly advocated for “affordable, accessible, safe abortion.”
While it is true that the Girl Scouts of the USA doesn’t answer to WAGGGS, the group does, indeed, tout its membership in the international scouting coalition on its web site:
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) is comprised of 145 member organizations, including Girl Scouts of the USA. WAGGGS not only unites all of its member organizations, but also promotes and establishes Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting organizations around the world. The goal of WAGGGS is to enable girls and young women to develop their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world.
The Girl Scouts, though, aren‘t dissuaded by the pastor’s ban. In an official response, leaders committed to finding a new place to meet.
“This location change presents us with an opportunity to serve not only the girls from St. Timothy’s, but to invite more girls from the area to join Girl Scouts,” the statement read. “After all, this is our 100th anniversary year and a great time to be part of Girl Scouting.”
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Comments (96)
conservativewoman
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 11:27amI wish the Catholic Church would start their own organization for girls. I would be happy to be a troop leader!
Report Post »R8ioActvC@thlic
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:08pmAmerican Heritage Girls is a good alternative to GSA.
http://www.ahgonline.org/
Report Post »marthasusan40
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:34pmOH, you said it, I would volunteer as well.
Report Post »daguanno1972
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:34pmWE would not allow our daughter to join the Girl Scouts and will be driving her one hour to become a member of the American Heritage Girls. Though we could wait for a troop to possibly move closer to us, I do not want to hold my breath. My daughter is excited about the foundation and beliefs of this organization. She is not going to know any of these girls, yes actual girls not those that believe they are “girls”, I know she will quickly become friends with this group.
Report Post »scarletworm
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:56pmThere is one- they are called The Little Flowers. It was only a matter of time before the feminists wormed their way into the Girl Scouts. We should all boycott their overpriced cookies- unborn babies shouldn’t pay the price either.
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sanguineme
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 3:17pmThere is an alternative! It’s called Little Flowers Girls Club.
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B_rad
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 3:41pmAgreed, more people should start local organizations for girls that represent their values, like American Heritage Girls. I’m so glad that churches and individuals are finally taking a stand against the Girl Scouts. I‘m surprised the Blaze didn’t include in this article TGS at the UN handing out Planned Parenthood pamphlets. Perhaps they weren’t aware. You don’t have to use the WAGGGS association to connect TGS to PP. I, for one, will never buy another cookie from this organization until they stop pushing their feminista agenda onto innocent little girls while pretending to teach good morals and values.
Report Post »http://www.infowars.com/girl-scouts-distribute-planned-parenthood-sex-guide-at-un-meeting/
RabidPatriot
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 5:18pmGirl Scouts is as conservative as the person running the individual troops. My wife runs a mega-troop of Girl Scouts. We are Christian and conservative and Girl Scouts USA does not dictate a liberal agenda to the individual troops. There are plenty of non-political activities to chose from on their approved list of activities. If your local troop is pushing a liberal agenda it is because the troop leader has chosen to push that message. If you don’t like how a local troop is being run, get off your ass and start your own Girl Scout Troop. My wife’s troop is the largest in the region and people drive their daughters past other troops in their area to get here. It had to be moved to a multi-room facility to accommodate it’s size and expansion. There is a hunger for conservative values. Do something about it besides boycotting because that doesn’t work.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:52pmsORRY gIRL sCOUTS… nOT BUYING COOKIES THIS YEAR.
Report Post »GoldenRudy
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 3:34pmRAPIDPATRIOT: Wrong! By staying within the Girl Scout organization you are still part of it. Simple. A portion of whatever $$$ you raise goes to the national organization, does it not? If so, you are contributing to their agenda. In the 1930‘s many German’s thought the Nazis Party had some good features … but we know the rest of the story. The only way to change the Girl Scout agenda is to abandon the organization completely as others herein recommend. Also, the national will use your local troop as an example to refute those that are leaving because of the Planned Parenthood connection.
Report Post »angeleyes63
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 11:22amWay to go Catholics. This once wholesome organization has and is continuing to polute the minds of impressionable youn girls. If the gov can keep Boyscouts form using gov property for their beliefs about ****’s then the church is within their rights and should ban them.
Report Post »Lion420
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:59amMy sister was a Girl Scout. My wife was one too. I buy cookies from them whenever they are available. Not anymore. Between this and the links to liberal misinformation sites, it’s so sad. A once noble and righteous organization has been perverted by the democrats. They ruin everything about this country. They create the problems, while blaming the US for everything. Read history…it’s all at their feet, whetehrer it’s race(slavery, segregation) FInancial(federal taxation, overregulation, the housing and bank collapse) it’s all theirs. i’m tired of it. The democrats need to be stopped NOW. Before they steal our children through these efforts.
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 11:13amIn the 50′s, I was a Brownie and then Girl Scout and was a very positive part of my life. Things are sure getting screwed-up in this country. Sure feel sorry for the younger generations!
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 11:26amI knew about the the Girl Scout connection to Planned Parenthood and acceptance of female homosexuals as leaders. I learned about this many years ago and pulled my daughters out of the organization and enrolled them in the Pioneer Girls. I look the adults standing with the girls selling cookies and say “No Thank You!” The Boy Scouts do not have any connection to Planned Parenthood and do not allow known homosexuals to be leader.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:42amThe Catholic church did exactly what they should have done.. For a church which is too often blamed for many shortcomings.,…it should be commended for it’s stand against the Girl Scouts. The Girl Scouts have allowed the entry of radical teachings and groups and needs to be overhauled or destroyed and remade.
Report Post »jasmer
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 11:42amToo bad they don’t follow the same reasoning with Nancy “The Word” Pelosi or John “Toy Boat” Kerry…
Report Post »mllyjul
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:33amThe website that the young girls started that was featured on The Blaze a few weeks back was very informative. The 2011 Girl Scout National Confernence list of speakers was revealed on that website and reads like a Who’s who of every lefty, liberal, progressive idea out there. There is no “alledged” connection to Planned Parenthood there. After looking at the list of speakers I was appalled.,
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:17amReally, what do you expect when a higher percentage of the women in America vote baby killing Democrat. If it wasn’t for women in America, there wouldn’t be a Democratic Party, and hence, no power for the baby killing companies like Planned Parenthood. The Girl Scouts are simply following their own gender as examples.
Report Post »HuskerDave
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:04amThe Girl Scouts is yet another organization that has been infiltrated by the enemy.
If the founders of Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and many other organizations could see the direction these groups have taken, they would roll in their graves. Once-proud groups that were rooted in faith and patriotism have become just another breeding ground for the virus of ‘progressivism.’
Report Post »bigfatslob
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:33amI have 2 boys in BOYSCOUTS that hold their meetings @ a Catholic Church. Please DO NOT lump Boy Scouts w/ Girl Scouts. Boy Scouts are a God loving, conservative organization. Don’t you remember the MSM outrage a couple of years ago at the national Jamboree in Washington DC when OBAMA sent a video speach and was BOOed ! Yeah ! Boy Scouts 1 Obama 0
Report Post »becca_leigh
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:51amwhoever wrote this did a really lousy job when I found a mind-blowing examples of connections including the 2004 GSUSA Conference presented by………….PLANNED PARENTHOOD!!!
Report Post »http://www.honestgirlscouts.com/discover_pp_history.html
Tri-ox
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:39amIt is not an “alleged” connection – it is real. The Girl Scouts is longer a safe environment for girls.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:46am…“NO” longer…
Report Post »becca_leigh
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:31ameven if you explain away the abortion connection, there’s still the media lesson where they direct the girls to Media Matters and the case of the transgendered “girl” scout in the us
Report Post »dado7
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:21amThe relationship between Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA) and WAGGGS is very significant. GSUSA is one of the founding member nations of WAGGGS. GSUSA pays an annual membership quota to WAGGGS based upon the number of girl scouts in the US. The fee has been approximately $1.5 million per year over the past 4 years. In addition, GSUSA makes annual donations to WAGGGS through its Juliette Low World Friendship Fund and World Thinking Day Fund (approximately $250,000 over the past 2 years). In 1971 GSUSA and WAGGGS formed a foundation, the World Foundation for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts – WFGGGS, whose sole purpose is to promote the achievement of WAGGGS programs and to provide financial grants to scouting organizations seeking to join WAGGGS. GSUSA and WFGGGS are even located in the same office building in NY. Therefore, the fact that WAGGGS partners with Planned Parenthood and GSUSA provides financial and program support to WAGGGS means that GSUSA is at a minimum indirectly supporting Planned Parenthood. That is reason enough for any faith-based organization to take a good, long look at what Girl Scouts is doing and who they are supporting financially and otherwise. God bless St. Timothy’s for standing up and having the courage to say “Not in our House.” Check out these sites and do your own research:
http://www.100questionsforthegirlscouts.org/100/
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dado7
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:55amhttp://www.girlscoutswhynot.com
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:18amAnd from what I understand, part of each GS dues, a portion of that goes to WAGGGS. Same for the cookies. Their World Thinking Day is a crock of you know what.
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:21amGood, their cookies are awful, artificial ingredient, preservative laden dog food, and their politics is extreme. The GSA is useless. Girls, pick a sport or two, play an instrument, read, write, paint–anything but join a group with an agenda.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:07amToo bad…..I love those little mint cookies….oh well, NO MORE!
Report Post »Fiskar
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:44amKeebler has a mint cookie that you can get all year long and I think it tastes better. I haven’t bought cookies since they were $1.50 per box. If you want to support the Girl Scout bring her to church.
Report Post »GoodvsEvil
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:31pmThere is another mint cookie by ‘Back to Nature’ which I have only been able to find at my local health food store that tastes better than the thin mint girl scout cookie and it has less of the bad ingredients. I even asked my local food store to order it since they carry some ‘Back to Nature’ items.
Report Post »ProfessorClyde
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:00amSo the Girl scouts are teaching about sex and abortion?
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:15amGirl Scouts need to teach leadership skills. Leave the parenting issues to the parents. Who is so bold as to think they can approach another’s child and discuss such private matters. This smacks parents in the face.
Report Post »ohiochili
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:57amhttp://www.punditandpundette.com/2012/01/running-out-of-excuses-to-buy-girl.html
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:52amAbortion,Perverts,and Cookies.What ever happened to just making good citizens instead of indoctrinating?
Report Post »warloch
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:46amThe Mormon Church has never associated with the girl scouts because it is led by liberal subversives.
Report Post »Copper Catfish
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:59pm“GSA puplicly supports lesbian and hard-core feminist platforms, which are not in line with Church teachings.
Report Post »BSA has remained an organization with traditional, conservative values (treat women with respect, ‘keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight,’ etc.).” ~LDS.net
ThoreauHD
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:37amHaving little girls promoting aborting children is a pretty sick deal. Obama zombies are rotting this Country from the inside out. The Church made the right call.
Report Post »R8ioActvC@thlic
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:24pmSt Benedict, pray for us!
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:30amWhy should this church allow an organization that is supporting something that goes against it morals? I’m not sure why this is even newsworthy except that there are few who are willing to stand up to political correctness these days. I stopped buying Girl Scout cookies several years ago when I learned of the ties to Planned Parenthood and letting the cross-dressing boy join just made me even more sure I had made the correct decision.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:44amalso unlike the Boy Scouts, the girl scouts don’t offer anything for the Catholic Priests.
Report Post »GoodvsEvil
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:40pm@Angelcat
Report Post »We all need to get involved against the evil that is in this country, remember silence in the face of evil is evil itself. Thank you for standing up against evil.
Don‘t listen to encinom’s talk of hate. His posts are usually hate filled towards the catholic church.
OklahomaBound
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:34pmencinom Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:44am
also unlike the Boy Scouts, the girl scouts don’t offer anything for the Catholic Priests.
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Priests? Don’t you mean the leftist qu eers who have infiltrated the church encinom as false priests so as to pass condemnation and blame onto the church when, just like in the Girl Scouts case, the real blame falls on leftist infiltrators whose goal it is to corrupt these organizations if not outright des troy them? As always, the immoral left is a disease they infects evereything it comes in contact with.
Report Post »CodexMan
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:30amWhy can’t these pinhead liberals leave the scouts alone? They just want to brainwash them at an early age. Let the Girl Scouts be scouts.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:25amLittle girls… being used as Shields!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:09amI was in training to be a loaned executive for United Way many years ago. I was going through the training on how to fund raise with about 30 other people. I found out about 3 weeks in that the United way gave money to Planned Parenthood. I immediately quit the training, told everyone else and about half of the volunteers quit.
Every time I hear of one of thier fund raising attempts I tell everyone involved that the United Way gives to Planned Parenthood and it spoils the event badly…
If we dont stand up, we are allowing evil to prosper.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:08am.
Report Post »Boycot Girl Scout Cookies……I won’t buy a box! Boy Scout Extra Butter Popcorn get’s my dollar, hey BSA do ya’ll know how to bake cookies? I see an Opening…………
smithclar3nc3
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:02amGood for them these liberals promoting propaganda through supposed good orginazations need to be exposed.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:01amI bet the Cub Scouts are still more than welcome.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:03amI suppose if members of the Girl Scouts get upset over being banned, they can quit that increasingly radical organization and join the American Heritage Girls instead, where they teach actual morals and values.
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