Kansas City Archdiocese Cutting Ties With Girl Scouts Over 'Troubling Trends'

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Kansas City Archdiocese Cutting Ties With Girl Scouts Over 'Troubling Trends'

Merrit Kennedy     
May 2, 2017·2:57 PM ET 

 The Archdiocese of Kansas City says it is severing its years-long relationship with Girl Scouts in nearly two dozen Kansas counties because the organization promotes materials "reflective of many of the troubling trends in our secular culture."

"The decision to end our relationship with Girl Scouting was not an easy one," Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann said in a statement released Monday. He asked pastors to "begin the process of transitioning away from the hosting of parish Girl Scout troops."

Instead, he calls for chartering American Heritage Girls troops, which he describes as "based on Christian values." According to its website, the organization was formed in 1995 by a former Girl Scouts volunteer who was "uneasy with the way her troop was asked to handle matters of faith."

Now, local pastors will choose whether to end Girl Scout programs immediately or "over the next several years, 'graduate' the Scouts currently in the program."

Girl Scouts of the USA identifies as a secular organization with ties to faith, and the national organization and the Catholic Church have had a relationship that dates back a century.

"A few within the Church, instead of aligning with the Church Hierarchy's positive position on Girl Scouts, have chosen to propagate misinformation that the Catholic Church has acknowledged to be false," the Girl Scouts national organization said in a statement following the archdiocese's announcement. "Girl Scouts is always willing to work with any and every person or organization in order to fulfill our mission of building girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place."

 Naumann said he is troubled by materials that highlight the roles of women such as birth control activist Margaret Sanger and feminist writers and activists Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem. A local representative of the Girl Scouts told NPR that these women and many others have been celebrated because of their leadership qualities.

The archbishop's letter also states that Girl Scouts of the USA "contributes more than a million dollars each year to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGS), an organization tied to International Planned Parenthood."


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http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/02/526570123/kansas-city-archdiocese-cutting-ties-with-girl-scouts-over-troubling-trends

[Sanguine]

Good for them.

[Frank Cannon]

Naumann said he is troubled by materials that highlight the roles of women such as birth control activist Margaret Sanger..... A local representative of the Girl Scouts told NPR that these women and many others have been celebrated because of their leadership qualities.

Yeah. Takes a true leader to organize a genocide.

[geronl]

Many years late

[rodamala]

The pedophiles in the RC church, however, are probably looking to strengthen the church's ties to BSA at the same time.