The beginning of the end of Juliette Low’s brand of scouting came in 1970 when feminist icon Betty Friedan was put on the national governing board. Now it is controlled by left-wing ideologues.
The Girl Scouts USA will hold its 52rd Annual Convention next week in Houston. It is to be the kickoff off to the 100-year anniversary on March 12, 2012, and the Girl Scouts are inviting everyone who has ever been a member of the organization to join in the celebration.
There was a time when I bled green and gold, but I will not be joining this party. The Girl Scouts have strayed far from the ideals of founder Juliette Gordon Low. Her scouts pledged to do their duty to “God and My Country” to help other people at all times and to “obey the Girl Scout Laws.”
The Laws encouraged young girls to uphold the highest moral standards. The original “A Girl Scout keeps herself Pure,” was expanded to read, “A Girl Scout is Clean in Thought, Word and Deed.”
Today’s Girl Scouts have put an asterisk by the word “God,” making the great I Am optional. Although local troops can pray to a creator if they choose, most don’t. It’s seen as so last century. Gone, too, are the moral absolutes recorded in His Word.
Today, the scouting experience largely depends on the area council and local troop leaders. Some are quite conservative, but these troops swim upstream against the national organization and have no say in matters of policy.
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