Revealing the background of the Girl Scouts is like peeling an onion–each layer exposes a different “truth”. Lots of troops DON’T follow this doctrine. Good for them! But a portion of their Girl Scout cookies sales still gets kicked to corporate, and they very clearly DO follow this doctrine.
“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.” ~Ephesians 5:11
Sales of Girl Scout cookies are under-way, and it is time to expose what the dollars that are earned from their sales really goes to. Please be aware that some of what is exposed here will shock and disturb you!
[By Alli Merrill for DRAH, because we want the truth to be known!]
I’ve reached out to several women I know and trust who have been involved with or are currently involved with Girl Scouts of the USA. None of these women were aware of the master plan of the WAGGGS and GSUSA agenda.
Unlike Colorado’s new transgender troops, my relatively conservative mountain town has not yet experienced the symptoms of the liberal ideals espoused by the GSUSA. These women were certainly unaware that millions of dollars, including their daughter’s dues and Girl Scout cookies funds, are being paid to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts to provide for their comprehensive sexual freedom education, abortion protection, and sexual rights for youth advocacy.
These mothers were not informed that their daughters were enrolled to promote “safe” sexual promiscuity, “guiltless” sexual immorality, “responsibility-free” pregnancy, “inconsequential” sexual exploration and murder of the innocent unborn.
Girl Scouts is an organization that promises to promote honesty and courage, responsibility and charity, yet the soul of the organization is Godless and vile. How can we continue support of an organization run and operated by abortionists and homosexuals intent on programming our youth to accept these atrocities as “rights?” How can we continue to encourage our children to emulate the values these pro-abortion, pro-LGBT adults actively fight to enforce? How can we offer our young girls to a society of role models who have made careers of promoting and fundraising the pro-choice, pro-homosexuality, anti-Christ movement?
As Christians, the truth is simple. We can’t.
We cannot endorse an organization that has such a wretched center. We cannot commend an institution that refuses to protect parental rights and the innocence of youth. We cannot be enticed by the promises of character-building as we clearly see the wolf’s eyes peering out through the feigned fleece.
Girl Scouts USA Revealed
32 Reasons Not to Buy Girl Scout Cookies
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America is signaling its intention to dominate the national sex education agenda:
Affiliates of Girl Scouts of the USA
The information presented below is documented and verifiable, but by no means exhaustive. Please follow links referenced within the article and visit the websites listed at the bottom. All information and materials have been provided by the Girl Scouts USA website, affiliate websites, former leaders, former scouts and former scout mothers.
National Collaboration for Youth: Promotes girls to pro-abortion activism and is the driving force behind Spark Action website for youth which supports LGBT rights.
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS):
• Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) is a founding member of WAGGGS (which receives between $1 million to $2 million in dues each year from the girls who are members) and makes up one third of its membership (contributing the majority of its revenue).
• Scouts must wear the WAGGGS pin (included in the prepackaged starter kit) in the exclusive position over the heart.
• Advocates for comprehensive sexual health education and sexual rights for youth
• Demands for availability of safe abortions and emergency contraception
• Partner and ongoing supporter of Planned Parenthood and Planned Parenthood abortion clinics
• Partner with the World YWCA a distributor of “Healthy, Happy & Hot” a graphic sexual freedom education pamphlet (see below)
• Partner with UNFPA, UNAIDS and UNICEF, three UN agencies known to promote abortion
Materials Endorsed by Girl Scouts
“Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) does not take a position or develop materials on sexuality, birth control or abortion. . .” but they pay upwards of $2 million annually in support of the mission of WAGGGS “to rapidly improve…education and training, especially on sexual and reproductive health and rights” for children.”
Your Voice Your World: (grades 11 & 12) girls are encouraged to explore organizations such as Amnesty International and Population Council, both heavy supporters of Planned Parenthood and abortion rights; advises girls to consider a career as an ACLU lawyer (which supports HHS mandate and abortion rights).
Agent of Change: (grades 4 & 5) asks girls to work with Sierra Club (abortion advocacy and population control group) in a Take Action Project.
aMAZE: (grades 6-8) had at one time referred girls to www.astrolog.org, exposing girls to black magik, New Age and pagan theologies. Note: the link has been removed and is no longer there.
Printed Curriculum and their Advocacy Page:
• Instructs girls to visit “advocacy” websites in search of career opportunities. One of the encouraged sites, idealist.org, lists over 100 positions available in Planned Parenthood. Girls can even view multiple job opportunities that advocate for sex worker rights.
• GSUSA is a self-proclaimed non-religious organization.
• Promotes leaders? like Tyra Banks (Victoria Secret Model), Melinda Gates, Venus Williams, etc.
• Asterisk next to God in the Girl Scout Promise: *Girl Scouts of the USA makes no attempt to define or interpret the word “God” in the Girl Scout Promise. It looks to individual members to establish for themselves the nature of their spiritual beliefs. When making the Girl Scout Promise, individuals may substitute wording appropriate to their own spiritual beliefs for the word “God.”
GSUSA Official Blog: provides links to sexually explicit and pro-abortion content. The blog recently linked to Marie Claire (which has received accolades from Planned Parenthood on its reproductive rights and its work against the Catholic church on contraception and abortion issues), AlterNet, iVillage and in 2012 to Jezebel.com in an article titled “OMFG There’s a New Girls Scouts Cookie” with links to sexually explicit and graphic content as well as abortion mad-libs (Materials prior to 2012: removed after recent “cookie-cotts”).
Media Matters: extremely liberal defender of Planned Parenthood, promoted to girls as the truest source of news information (as shown in the Girl Scouts Cadette workbook).
Stayteen.org: refers all teen pregnancy concerns to Planned Parenthood, endorsed by the Girl Scouts website.
Real Life Real Talk: Planned Parenthood lists partner organizations, including Girls Scouts as outlined in their newsletter and connects the scouts to “Sex, etc. A Website by Teens, for Teens” portraying explicit and graphic sexual content.
Healthy, Happy & Hot: a booklet published by the International Planned Parenthood Federation provided to the GSUSA at the UN conference. The encourages masturbation, “talking dirty”, hetero- and homosexual intercourse, discusses drunk sex and tells HIV-positive youth it is a violation of their rights to inform sexual partners they are infected.
Promotion of literature that mocked the church and recommendations for R-rated movies to 11-13 year old girls have also been removed because of scrutiny like this and protests from parents.
Persons Endorsed by Girl Scouts
Dolores Huerta: a pro-choice “Catholic” and avid abortion rights and Planned Parenthood supporter (having received their highest honor, the Margaret Sanger Award), was honored by “Call to Action” a pro-abortion Catholic dissident group. She also helped defeat California’s notification requirements for minor’s abortions and was promoted as a “Voice for Good” in the required books Your Voice Your World and in Agent of Change. The “Dolores Huerta patch” requirements include visiting www.doloreshuerta.org where girls can find praise for Planned Parenthood and links for “California Latinos for Reproductive Justice,” “Feminist Majority Foundation,” and Ms. Magazine all of which offer support for women’s abortion rights.
Betty Friedan: named by GSUSA a “Voice for Good” twice in the book Your Voice Your World. She’s a well-known abortion advocate and founder of the National Abortion Rights Action League (Naral). She is involved with pro-abortion National Organization for Women (NOW) and served as a GSUSA board member for 12 years.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn: established the American Civil Liberties Union which supports the HHS mandate and abortion rights. She and the ACLU named by GSUSA a “Voice for Good” in Your Voice Your World. She served as the national chairman for the Communist Party and was arrested, charged, and convicted for conspiracy to overthrow the US government.
Gloria Steinem: presented to girls as a woman’s rights activist who started the “Story of Sisterhood.” She is a staunch abortion rights advocate and a promoter of Planned Parenthood where she stated at its 75th anniversary, “There’s no group or organization I would rather celebrate than Planned Parenthood.”
Anna Maria Chavez: Current Girl Scouts CEO, a pro-abortion advocate mentored by Geraldine Ferraro, also a keynote speaker for NOW-inspired Women’s Equality Day.
Timothy Higdon: Current Chief of External Affairs, homosexual rights advocate, executive of the pro-abortion, pro-LGBT Amnesty International.
Joshua Ackley: Chief Representative, Blogger and Girl Scouts chaperone to UN event. Founder of “Dead Betties” a gay punk band, recently re-united, with videos depicting images of masturbation, prostitution and violence against women. Some song titles include “Hellevator,” “Terror Teacher,” “Sick Days are for Sex,” and “Cock Rock”.
Deborah Nakatomi: Current board member, supporter of Asians & Pacific Islanders for LGBT Rights, international commissioner to the pro-abortion WAGGGS, introduced the “Get Real” program which promotes comprehensive sex education and contraception.
Deb Taft: Current Senior VP Fund Development, active homosexual rights advocate, fundraiser host for homosexual rights group Human Rights Campaign, empowering youth to defend LGBT campaign.
Marie Wilson: honored at a GSUSA 2008 event, founder of the Reproductive Rights Coalition and Organizing Fund, Defends funding for Planned Parenthood, criticizing Pro-Life position.
Pam Smallwood: named “Woman of Distinction” for girls to emulate, had a 30 year Planned Parenthood career, 10 years as CEO.
Beverly Todd Nolte: appointed as council leader over 11,000 Girl Scout members, former vice president of marketing and lobbyist for Planned Parenthood, defender of a program informing teens on how to bypass Nebraska’s parental notification law.
Emily Cain: received the Girl Scouts Juliette Award, in favor of Planned Parenthood’s abortion issues 100% of the time, an active GLBT ally speaker.
Annise Parker: a 2011 convention speaker, presided over the opening of one of the largest Planned Parenthood abortion clinics, lesbian partner to the treasurer of the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic.
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): GSUSA recently reached out to GLAAD with this statement, “If a child identifies as a girl and the child’s family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout” after GSUSA accepted a “transgender” 7-year-old into the Colorado GSUSA troop.
Here is a glimpse of what they stand for:
Events Supported by Girl Scouts
World Thinking Day:
• WAGGGS main fundraising event.
•February 22, GSUSA instructed to participate in activities and projects with fellow WAGGGS.
• Girlscouts.org provides a World Thinking Day Tour that connects girls to various WAGGGS websites, such as “Sex is Love, Do it Safely! Don’t be Silly, Wrap your Willy!” an HIV presentation.
• Encourages girls to make donations to WAGGGS in support of their mission.
• GSUSA contributes to WAGGGS by making donations to the Juliette Lowe World Friendship Fund ($100,000 annually).
• GSUSA also allocates tens of thousands from the JLWFF to many other WAGGGS related expenditures each year (as per tax return).
Awards Given by Girl Scouts
Safety Badge: part of the requirement is visiting KidsHealth.com which promotes Planned Parenthood.
Participation Badge: (recently removed after receiving many complaints) part of the requirement encourages scouts to read the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) that denies parents the right to limit their child’s access to explicit materials.
Global Action Award: (earned through WAGGGS) leaders are told to emphasize to the girls that they are a part of the 10 million strong WAGGGS all working together to achieve the same important goals; suggested activities: learning about adolescent/teen pregnancies, and educating others about HIV/AIDS.
AIDS Badge: (earned through WAGGGS) girls are encouraged to develop a display about condoms (where they can be purchased, steps and demonstration of correct use, provide free condoms) or develop a role play in which a couple discusses the use of condom during sex, and visit a local organization providing education for pregnancy prevention and treatment of STDs (e.g. Planned Parenthood).
Fight or Flight
“Train up a child the way the way she should go, and when she is older she will not depart from it.” ~Proverbs 22:6
As Christians and as parents it is our responsibility to ensure that our children are in the world but not of it. We are to protect their innocence and promote Godly values. We need to protect the sanctity of life and the beauty of sexual morality. We need to either take a stand and fight for real purity and honest integrity within the Girl Scouts and its chosen affiliates or we need to remove our devotion and dedication to the Godless entity.
So are your Girl Scout cookie cravings under control? What will you allow to fill your spirit, mind, and body?
“They enjoyed the sweet taste of wickedness, letting it melt under their tongue.“ ~Job 20:12
For documented and verifiable records please visit the following websites:
Former Clinic Director of Planned Parenthood: AbbyJohnson.org
Family Watch International: 100 Questions for the Girl Scouts
Parents for Life: Girl Scouts Why Not
Former Girl Scouts of 8 years: Speak Now Girl Scouts
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Toni
Amen! Just say no. We’ve said no to Girl Scouts for over twenty years, and they can keep their unhealthy (scuzzy) cookies, too. Back when we were naive and one our daughters joined the Brownies it didn’t take long to figure out what they were up to. She didn’t get to stay in a whole year. As soon as I saw that proceeds from the cookie sales were to go for pizza parties, make-up shopping (2nd graders o.O), etc. we snatched her out of there. And it’s, as you say, way worse now. We expected the proceeds to be used for community service projects or charities, but that’s not the mindset with the GSA groups these days. It’s downright EVIL and should be exposed! Good job, Jacqueline. 🙂
Have lovely weekend!
Toni
Alli
Well said! It is extremely refreshing to see a head not stuck in sand! I’m having difficulty understanding how any mother could encourage her young girls to support such evil work behind such a thin veil of “character.”
ebarnes
How the troop money is used is suppose to be up to the troop and is supposed to be voted on by all members of that troop. Seems to me the leader was pretty shallow.
Heather-Joan
Hi. I have followed our blog faithfully for about a year now, agreeing with all that you have you posted, but this post, all I can say is wow, you have Girl Scouts all wrong. I talked to not only two Girl Scout leaders, but a few other higher ups involved and this stuff is totally NOT true.
Please refer to this site when I mention some key points: http://www.girlscouts.org/program/basics/faith/faqs.asp.
A: Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) does not take a position or develop materials on these issues. We feel our role is to help girls develop self-confidence and good decision-making skills that will help them make wise choices in all areas of their lives.
Parents or guardians make all decisions regarding program participation that may be of a sensitive nature. Consistent with that belief, GSUSA directs councils, including volunteer leaders, to get written parental permission for any locally planned program that could be considered sensitive.
Q: Does GSUSA have a relationship with Planned Parenthood?
A: No, Girl Scouts of the USA does not have a relationship or partnership with Planned Parenthood.Q: Did GSUSA distribute a Planned Parenthood brochure at a United Nations event?
A: No, we did not. In 2010, GSUSA took part in the 54th Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations. Our participation in that conference was the subject of numerous Internet stories and blogs that were factually inaccurate and troubling. Girl Scouts had no knowledge of the brochure in question and played no role in distributing it.Q: Is any money from Girl Scout cookie activities used to pay the WAGGGS quota?
A: No, all of the money from Girl Scout cookie activities stays at councils. The national funds that GSUSA sends to WAGGGS come solely from investment income.
I urge you to go visit that web page and read the other Q&A and browse the other pages there. If you need to, I cannot give you contact information of the leaders and the higher ups at the council if you need to speak to someone. No one has nothing to hide here. Everything is straight up and forward.
Please post a retraction with the correct information. This isn’t right that you posted such a flaming, hateful post and you have made a lot of people and a lot of Girl Scouts, whether those who work directly, are affiliated, or who are even Girl Scouts, very upset, outraged, and saddened by this post.
So please, I urge you to make things right and print a retraction with the correct information.
Thank you and have a blessed and lovely weekend.
Jacqueline
Dear Heather-Joan,
I am thankful you felt you could share your heart here, but we will have to agree to disagree. Please do not let this issue divide…as it is just one of so many we all wrestle with here on this sin-sick earth. It is not personal in any way. I believe parents can make up their own minds and pray the Lord will guide them (and you and me) into all truth! I desire nothing but the truth. Thank you again for sharing your heart. I wish no one any ill-will.
Jacqueline
Also, Heather-Joan,
It occurs to me that the area in which you live may be completely different in heart and mind and spirit and so what Alli found may seem totally foreign to you.
Alli, do you have anything to add?
Alli
Yes. In fact, as I stated in the post, the women in my conservative mountain area were also unaware of the inner operations of the organization. I assume, Heather-Joan, that you are of the same mind of these wonderful mothers who only wish to promote the practice of character GSUSA promises. However, these wonderful mothers/troop leaders were not considered when Colorado admitted its first “transgender” youth into the organization. These mothers are also not considered in the ongoing partnership with WAGGGS, where the promotion of extensive sexual, LGBT, and abortion education continue.
Alli
Heather-Joan,
The FAQs who’ve pasted from the GSUSA website have been included and refuted within the article. As you can clearly see, the GSUSA well disguise their standing partnerships with PP through their absolute support of WAGGGS and through “scholarship” and “award” funding. Their success is allowed by people who embrace ignorance over seeking truth.
I urge you to take initiative in reviewing the referenced materials/sites where you will find tax forms and financial statements disproving their public website display.
Toni
Alli, you’re right, it’s all about “taking the initiative” and protecting our children from ungodly influences. I want to relate one more experience with the Girl Scouts. Just last year about this time I was sitting in the car waiting on my husband when I noticed a group of young girl scouts selling cookies at a strip mall. I saw, at first, that they weren’t getting a lot of business, but that soon changed. One of the girls was sent out near the curb with a box of cookies in each hand and told to get the attention of the passersby. Sadly, she did just that. I sat appalled as I watched her begin to dance, and I’m not talking about the Pony or the Twist. In short order she was gyrating in skin-tight yoga pants and tight top in a manner that would have made the devil blush. Business picked up though so I guess it was all about the money. (There’s a lump in my throat and tears are falling as I type this.) I once heard a preacher say there are no delinquent children, but there are delinquent PARENTS. I agree that’s the problem…. we must protect the children from evil influences no matter what some may think about it. Thanks to you and Jacqueline both for sounding the alarm. We all need to be on our guard for the children.
Alli
Toni, thank you so much for sharing this story. There are also many articles circulating about mothers dropping their children off at marijuana dispensaries where they “sell out.”
http://thebillfold.com/2015/02/girl-scouts-sell-cookies-outside-medical-marijuana-dispensaries-make-bank/
Heather-Joan
Hi, Jacqueline, Toni, and Alli. Sorry I never replied for I never got any email notifications that I received replies! My apologies. 🙂
In regards to the ‘complaints’, I also disagree with the decision made in Colorado. I wonder if where monies go, what activities are done, other decisions, etc. are made by council to council basis. Idk. I am registered as an adult member and volunteer when I able(I have some major health problems that keep me at home and sometimes even in bed for days).
My Mom would never allow my sister or even herself to be affiliated with such things if she knew. She makes good judgment calls. The same for my fiancée and I. We do not support such things and wouldn’t allow his son to be involved in such things either. I have a very strong opinion against lgbt peoples and it is very offensive to some peoples when I tell them.
All this sin and such us just a sign of the times and such. It is such a perverted, horrid world we are living in. Kids growing up too fast and being exposed to sex at a young age, people making up different genders and changing themselves in a way God did not intend, faggots running amock and shoving it in your face, peoples doing drugs and pot being legalized and they do it all the time, murders, adulters, thieves, liars molesters, sinners, tricksters, etc, etc, etc, ruining everything that God made good for us few virtuous Christians who do the right things and keep His law and walk alongside Him. I just keep thinking we are in this world but not of it.
Again, my apologies for my late reply. I agree with Jacqueline that maybe we ought to lay this aside. I wasn’t mad at all. I don’t comment much at all on posts, just like I don’t say much at all on my blog, but I just felt compelled to say something because I grew up as a Girl Scout, so it was an issue that is near and dear to my heart. I do appreciate you writing back and kindly laying out some other things to consider too.
Have a lovely day.
Jacqueline
Dear Heather-Joan,
Oh, dear friend we agree on these things and you also are *grieving what we’ve lost* – what we older ones remember so clearly from the past… more beauty; truth; innocence (and I don’t mean mindless naivete); purity and lack of degradation; more sound minds, ie. freedom to not be encumbered or drug down with addictions, confusion, selfish lusts, demonic possession; civility, honesty, transparency and straight-forward relationships, and on and on…
Thank you for responding in such sweetness of spirit. May we all just continue in prayer and reaching out in love. Love is the most important thing…the greatest thing “God is LOVE”
Thank you, again! Please do come back and visit from time to time. I feel we are truly sisters in the Lord 🙂
Jacqueline
Cathy Ginder
You are 100% correct. I have been a leader for over 10 years. I have never experienced or heard of any fellow leader experiencing any of what this person says. I lead my troop. I determine what they learn and do. Period. It’s neen a great experience for us, we are active in our community, and my girls are wonderful. Sorry you have your head stuck somewhere I won’t mention, you are missing out on a wonderful experience.
Jacqueline
Cathy Ginder, your comment is confusing. First you say to Heather-Joan, you are correct, then you tell her her head is stuck and imply a crudity. What!?
Annie Kate
Oh, yuk! I had no idea, but our girls have never been involved. I’m so thankful for that now.
Jessica O.
Well written blog post. Thank you for spreading the word.
We don’t do girl scouts and so for years our girls did nothing. We moved last year and found American Heritage girls… It is the Christian version of girl scouts and wow it has been amazing. Very Christ centered. The organization is growing more and more each year.
Alli
Jessica, I am so glad to hear that! I have heard many wonderful things about Heritage Girls. It’s great to hear another supportive testimony!
Charlotte Moore
WOW!!! I am speechless to find all this out. Mercy what a shame to have young girls selling their products for such a cause. What a shame!! We have 2 great grand baby girls. I sure hope their parents doesn’t put them in this.
LORD help us all!!!
Alli
It is so disheartening to witness so many parents supporting GSUSA simply because of the “character” promises they make. I hope this article reaches them and helps them to see the truth behind the sugar-coated agenda!
Jennifer
I had no idea! Wow. I just shared this with our homeschool group and they, too, are shocked. Thank you for sharing this information and we will continue to do so, too!
Alli
Jennifer,
It is sadly shocking. Many of my friends who are troop leaders were unaware of much of it. That was proof to me that they are doing a much better job of feigning as well as exploiting innocence.
Deidre
I must say I had no idea what was going on. I was once a GS some 40 years ago and my girls were too, but for just a bit. I am most grateful for this post. I greatly appreciate the time, effort and depth that is evident in reading this article. I have forwarded this to many friends in an attempt to share the truth. I am so thankful that God is on His throne and that He will set things right one day. Thanks again for sharing. Kindest greetings, Deidre
Alli
Thank you for reading and sharing, Deidre. The information is all out there and the resources I referenced are outstanding and extremely thorough. I’m so grateful to those girls for taking a stand and putting in such amazing effort to share the truth!
Evelyn Prange
I appreciate your getting the word out. We need to make people aware of what goes on behind the scenes and where the money trail leads. I have made some posts on facebook about the link between Planned Parenthood and Girl Scouts. Each time I receive comments on how wrong I am and that the information is old. Do you have any recent information that exposes these links? I really would like to be able to refute my critics.
God bless!
Alli
Evelyn,
The GSUSA will deny, deny, deny any relationship with PP. Since the controversy leading up to the 2012 changes they have funded PP through their relationship with WAGGGS (and currently pay 1/3 of all WAGGGS income). Please follow the links regarding WAGGGS for current references. Also, they have continued “indirect” support by promoting individuals within GSUSA who advocate PP and affiliates.
c. Staley
So saddened to see people who call themselves Christians being so judgemental. It’s not up to You to judge others! The Bible clearly states that just as sinful as any other sin.
Jacqueline
Dear C. Stanley,
I trust you make decisions every day as you judge how to deal with a situation that involves your family. We are to make a ‘judgement'(used in a sentence: ‘he has good judgement’ is the same as ‘he has good common sense’), about what we put in front of our eyes, the company we keep, and the way we spend our time, etc.
I think John 7: 24 says it very well: “Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.” We are to flee immorality and wickedness and there is much that tells us the Girl Scouts are not giving our children the ‘character’ they promise. Alli’s opening scripture is perfect here: “Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.” ~Ephesians 5:11
Thank you for sharing your heart here, and thank you also for hearing my heart. God looks on the heart and not on the outward appearance; we need to imitate Him as we make decisions about how we walk out our life.
Alli
Philippians 1:9 -And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.
As Christians, we are not called to be mindless drones who lack judgement out of fear of what others may perceive as criticism. We are called to be a “light in the darkness” and instructed to “expose evil.”
When it comes to our children, it is more than Christianity, it is parental responsibility to be discerning and to protect their innocence from corruption.
Dennis Duehning
Staley, aren’t you also being judgmental when you accuse Alli of being judgmental? Is a Christian not allowed to warn another Christian about evil in their world? Consider what Paul wrote. “Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works.” (2Tim. 4:14). Did Paul sin when he wrote that sentence to his friend, Timothy?
Diana
This is the best article exposing Girl Scouts that I’ve ever seen. Thank you, thank you for sharing.
Diana
Alli
Diana, thank you so much. I am so grateful to Jackie for sharing this article and for the outstanding references I was blessed to find.
Shannon
I can speak personally to the veracity of this post.
I was a GS for many years in the late 80’s / early 90’s. When my daughter came along, I could hardly wait to get involved. Being homeschoolers, I had to jump through a few hoops to find a troop that would have us (around here, the troops are heavily tied to the schools), but when we did, I dove right in to be a co-leader and a “cookie mom”.
Right away, I noticed that the organization had changed. In addition to a “cookie season” that lasted from December to April and entailed constant pressure on parents and girls to “sell, sell, sell”, there was now also a fall candy sale, leaving only a month and a half of the GS year that wasn’t taken up by some sort of selling. The book and badge system had drastically altered, with much less stress on skills and much more emphasis on activisim. There was discussion about the pledge and how we must alter it to leave out God, so that we wouldn’t offend anyone’s family. And even though our daughters were Daisy Scouts (K & 1st), parents were discouraged from attending the meetings.
As the year progressed and I attended more leader’s meetings, I became very disquieted. The things that the older troops were doing and learning were not things that I would be comfortable with my child participating in at any age. There were also talks about how to present some of these activities to parents in a way that would not “raise any red flags”.
When plans started being made for a “body image” lesson for our 1st graders which involved frank discussions on sexuality &”family planning”, and parents were not going to be permitted to attend, I knew that we were done.
We left, along with several other concerned families. I searched for something to replace the group that was more like the GS that I remembered. After much research, we went with a wonderful group called Keepers of the Faith, and our group has grown every year for the last five years!
If you are a parent who is concerned about the direction of GS, you are not alone. There are several other great choices out there, some of which you can even start yourself! Do a little Internet research and ask around. When we started our Keepers group, I didn’t think anyone else would be interested. I fully expected to have a club of one, meeting in our livingroom. I couldn’t have imagined all of the great girls and helpful parents God would send our way!
Alli
Wow, Shannon. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. God bless you for staying alert and being involved in your child’s activities. When it comes to children’s programs too many parents let their guards down. That is the most vulnerable place. Thank you for sharing the “Keepers of Faith” group. I will definitely add that to the GS alternatives list on my awedbody.com post.
Thank you, again.
Barbara
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! You have just given me even MORE reasons to give money to GSUSA. You people are nutjobs and, as women, you should be ashamed of yourselves. The Girl Scouts are for ALL girls, not just the ones who you think should be included. I am unfollowing this blog immediately and I will pray for you. And for any girl children you have. Because they are going to need YEARS of therapy to undo the damage you are doing to them with your anti-woman attitudes.
Alli
Barbara, you are absolutely correct. GSUSA is eager to educate all girls and now also “transgender” boys. My opinion of who should be included is irrelevant and was also not stated anywhere in the article.
It is unfortunate that you consider my scripture-based, anti-abortion and sexually moral attitude as “anti-woman” as it could be more accurately described as “pro-God.” It is also disheartening to hear you have chosen to discredit a wonderfully Spirit-filled blog for your devotion to a self-proclaimed God-removed organization.
Terri Presser
Wow I had no idea of the extent of this organisation. Thank you for sharing this most though provoking post at Good Morning Mondays. I hope and pray that many will read it and be aware and take a stand. Blessings
Jacqueline
Thanks, Terri,
I appreciate you getting the word out!
JES
Hi Alli, thank you for all your research! Sadly, I am not surprised at the results. The rose-colored glasses have come off years ago (but I was blinded at first!!!). It just breaks my heart that they hide these agendas and well-intentioned parents are unknowingly involved and supporting them. We have never done the Girl Scout “thing” but we do the KEEPERS OF THE FAITH curriculum in our homeschool which is wonderful. They even have the cute little buttons of achievement that children like.
Jill@JillsHomeRemedies
I have heard about this but so many have not. Thank you for these helpful resources to refer to!
Jacqueline
You are welcome, Jill!
Barbara B
I am so grateful that wonderful women like you are spreading the word. So many people have no idea the type of people that are taking over our country corrupting the core values it was founded on. Bless you and continue your great work!
Jacqueline
Thank you, Barbara,
It is so sad that we need to write about such stuff, but we all need to be alert to the corruption. I was shocked to find it as bad as it is.
Appreciate your encouragement, friend.
Betty
I was not aware of this either. Thanks for the info. Looks like we all need to be better educated as to where that money is going.
K
If you are willing to boycott Girl Scouts and all they stand for because they support PP, you should boycott and encourage others to also boycott other businesses because they give $ to PP, including Walmart and STARBUCKS; same with boycotting businesses who support LGBTQ: this includes DISNEY.
Jacqueline
K, I am not a fan of any of them, but this particular post, someone was willing to write it for me! I only have so many hours in a day!
Kris
I can personally speak to the ridiculousness of this post. I am a former Girl Scout and a current Girl Scout leader of many years. What most people don’t realize is that none of the money from cookie sales actually goes to the national level. All of the money that is raised through cookie sales, other than what goes back to the cookie bakery, remains at the local level to support Girl Scouts in that region. In this post, you have either rehashed fake news that have been proven to be lies, or perverted the truth to make Girl Scouts out to be some organization bent on corrupting children. None of it is true. For instance, there is no “black magic” in the AMaze Journey. Girl Scouts is an organization of all kinds of people: some are conservative, some are liberal, some are Christians, Jewish, or Muslim, and some are not. Everyone has a seat at the table, and no one is discriminated against because of their views. Their goal is simply to provide girls with the skills they need to become leaders in their community. They expose girls to STEM activities, confidence and antibullying activities, and teach girls outdoor skills such as camping, hiking, canoeing. Some girls learn to shoot guns and other compound bows. Some learn to cook and do crafts. The troops are girl-led and teach girls to be sisters to each other. The Girl Scout Promise states, “On my honor, I will try to serve God and my country, to help people at all times, and to live by the Girl Scout Law. People who make up or believe these kinds of stories either have an axe to grind or have problems with women being treated as equals. I’m not sure what your agenda is in writing these lies, but I find it really sad that someone who portends to be a Christian would write so many lies about an organization that they obviously don’t know anything about.
Jacqueline
Dear Kris, I will let your comment stand in light of all the links in the post that DEMONSTRATE otherwise! You can say all you wish that there is no agenda behind the many ties GSA has to PP and other extreme organizations (including their national sex education agenda), but in the end it will be revealed for what it is. I would challenge you to provide me with a breakdown of the spread sheet (in print, or course by your local or national leaders) of where all the monies go! I am glad you commented to show that some still do not know or believe the agenda…despite that you are a local leader…
You may want to watch this…it is a part where this agenda is leading our children: https://vimeo.com/159811104
Pat
Back in the 90’s, Dr. James Dobson warned parents that (at that time) fully 1/3 of girl scout leaders were lesbian. It’s not hard to imagine what they would be leading girls toward!
Jacqueline
Pat, that is sad! I had not heard that, but I am not surprised. Thanks for speaking truth! ~J
Anam Cara
I was a Girl Scout in the 50’s and 60’s. By the end I had a love-hate relationship with them When we had our own daughter, I didn’t really want her in scouts, but my husband did. I became her leader for several years, the same for a second daughter. I also became VERY active with Boy Scouts as our boys grew into those programs.
I was very concerned about the bridging activities to whatever the name of the next level was in 1990. I made certain that I was the leader who did that with the girls so I could choose what activities they did. A year later, I was leading Brownies and a junior leader told me that she NEVER would allow her daughter to read her handbook alone – Mom wanted input. Still we stayed.
I was on the district council in Panama and learned a lot about dealings with National – we weren’t allowed to do much of anything without their approval – they even held our funds and doled them out to us! That was also when I learned the most about BSA becoming the first female scoutmaster in Panama because we reached a time when all our dads were deployed (we were there with the military) and the troop would have folded. I learned that BSA was a not-for profit but GSA is a for-profit.
I just hate what I have seen happen to the GSA I knew as a child and BSA which I came to love as an adult.
Our granddaughters joined American Heritage Girls but dropped out after 3 years because the organization was, at least in their troop, not. The rules they laid down were FAR too strict! I know they were trying to avoid various law suits or the appearance of evil, but hey wanted to regulate activities outside of troop activities! If two families wanted to do something together – not a AHG activity – and both were members of AHG, they were told they needed a permission slip! Seriously?
The girl have found other activities.
Jaclyn
For someone who loves God so much, you sound like quite a hateful person! Couldn’t even read through the entire thing without cringing at your horrifying view of the world. What do you have against Planned Parenthood and LGBTQ+ people anyways?
Jacqueline
Jaclyn, on Wednesday, Planned Parenthood, which aborted more than 354,000 unborn babies last year, hailed abortionists as heroes who “work to care for patients with compassion every day.”
The purposed of every abortion is to destroy a unique, irreplaceable human being’s life. Science proves that human life begins at conception, and even some abortionists admit that they are “killing” babies. Together, abortionists kill nearly 1 million unborn babies annually in the U.S.
Abortions are not medically necessary or essential either. Thousands of doctors confirmed this in 2020 when abortion facilities demanded to be allowed to stay open during the initial coronavirus shutdowns. Medical groups, representing more than 30,000 doctors in America, issued a statement saying abortions are not “essential” or “urgent,” and abortion facilities that continued to operate during the pandemic were being “medically irresponsible.”
That is what I take issue with.
Thank you for taking the time to leave your comment.
And if you would like to go deeper on the LGBTQ concerns I have, you can read more here: https://deeprootsathome.com/pediatricians-call-gender-ideology-what-it-is-child-abuse/
I hope that you will read it thoughtfully and understand it isn’t you personally (or any person) I take issue with, it is the agenda behind it.
With not an ounce of hate, but much concern,
Jacqueline
Holly
Thank you so much for this info! You have solidified my decision to have my daughters join Girl Scouts.