Some Leave Girl Scouts for Christian Group

Associated Press ^ | 22 MArch 2004 | ANGELA K. BROWN,

[SkyPilot]

Lesbian leaders, abortion funding, religious bigotry....and they wonder why people pull their kids out.

Regarding this line:

"We are not a Judeo-Christian or religious organization at all. We never have been," Christie said. "We've always been a spiritually based movement."

Whenever I ask a Liberal what "spiritual" means, they give me some New Age mumbo jumbo that quickly spins into pantheism.

[DannyTN]

I'm looking at this group for my daughter.

[tiamat]

4-H is a good alternative, too, but it Is co-ed and some people may not like that.

[Martin Tell]

Can you give any tips on finding a group? I'm in Nashville and we don't want our 11 year old daughter involved with the (current) Girl Scouts.

[MineralMan]

I like this very much. The response to organizations that we disagree with should be to offer an alternative. If the GSA is doing stuff that's wrong, then starting a new organization is definitely the way to go.

Bravo for these folks!

[No Blue States]

Anyone know if they have a website, or are in Texas yet?

Like others here I might be interested in this for my daughters.

[No Blue States]

Anyone know if they have a website, or are in Texas yet?

Like others here I might be interested in this for my daughters.

[No Blue States]

I found their website:

http://www.ahgonline.org/

[Martin Tell]

Good find. They are in TN, but unfortunately for our family, not in Nashville (yet).

[TankerKC]

Awana

Awana is a nondenominational ministry that assists churches in reaching children and teenagers with the gospel of Jesus Christ and training them to serve Him. We supply programs, materials and training for more than 13,000 churches in over 110 countries. Our message to churches is simple: We're here to serve you with a ministry that is all about fun with a purpose — to win and grow kids for Christ!

[SkyPilot]

Thanks--my wife volunteers for Awana and my 2 youngest kids participate. It is a great program.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I find it hard to believe they've "always" been a "spirtual" movement, not Judeo-Christian. Wasn't this like an immediate response to the development of Boy Scouts?

And how is it that the male-based scouts remains so morally strong, while the female-based watered down thru the years? Isn't it ironic that the sex often accused of tendencies to debauchery and licentiousness managed to keep things together, while the "fairer sex" let things slide and become repugnant?

I've known about this stuff for sometime, thanks to American Family Association. They print stories about these things that the general public won't hear for another 10 years, but whatever AFA says "comes out" eventually in the mainstream. It's not shocking to me to see stories about GSA and lesbians, abortions and sex ed.

[WOSG]

"And how is it that the male-based scouts remains so morally strong, while the female-based watered down thru the years? Isn't it ironic that the sex often accused of tendencies to debauchery and licentiousness managed to keep things together, while the "fairer sex" let things slide and become repugnant? "

Feminism. GSA got feminized a few decades back and its been downhill since.

[DannyTN]

There's not one in Nashville. I'm in Nashville, so we will probably have to start our own chapter. The American Heritage website shows the locations now. It looks like there is one in Knoxville and one in Memphis.

Want to start the first one in Nashville? We've got a 7 year old girl.

[StarCMC]

There's another good organization called Keepers of the Faith. It has both boys (Contenders for the Faith) and girls (Keepers At Home) versions. Good stuff...

[Clock King]

And how is it that the male-based scouts remains so morally strong, while the female-based watered down thru the years? Isn't it ironic that the sex often accused of tendencies to debauchery and licentiousness managed to keep things together, while the "fairer sex" let things slide and become repugnant?

That's because we men know what we would be like if we gave in to our primal urges. We would destroy the world, and women and children would become chattal again. Thus, we live our lives controlling that dark inner beast. At least most of us do. In the words of Conan the Barbarian:

"What is best thing in the world?"

"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women."

I don't think we want to live in a world like that again.

[Lucky2]

My daughter is in 4-H as well as AWANA. I'm sure the Girl Scout troops at her school are fine but I hate paying dues into a spirtually vapid institution such as the Girl Scouts. For those looking into activities, check out AWANA. It's a wonderful program and 4-H is something very special!

[coffeebreak]

Check out their website and/or contact them. I want a button that I can wear that says I support them. I may make a donation.

American Heritage Girls

[coffeebreak]

The best way to send a message to the Girl Scouts is for families to send their daughters somewhere else. When they start losing donations and members, they'll get the message.

[SauronOfMordor]

One interesting difference between the Boy Scout and Girl Scout mottoes:

Boy Scout:

On my honor, I will do my best 
To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; 
To help other people at all times; 
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight. 

Girl Scout:

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.

As Yoda would say: "Do! Or do not. There is no 'Try'"