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  • Christian alternative to Girl Scouts thriving

    03/28/2004 5:52:15 PM PST · by Lizavetta · 14 replies · 296+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | Angela Brown
    Group draws parents upset with troops' policies CRAWFORD -- Donna Coody disbanded her 7-year-old daughter's Brownie troop and took her 9-year-old daughter out of another Girl Scout troop because she was upset over the organization's endorsement of two Planned Parenthood sex education seminars. But Coody didn't want her daughters and their friends to miss out on camping trips, educational activities and service projects. So she decided in March to start a troop affiliated with the Christian-based American Heritage Girls. "I felt like the Girl Scouts' morals were definitely lacking, and the girls needed another choice," Coody said. American Heritage Girls...
  • Some Leave Girl Scouts for Christian Group

    03/22/2004 10:54:23 AM PST · by SkyPilot · 23 replies · 213+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 22 MArch 2004 | ANGELA K. BROWN,
    Some Unhappy With Girl Scouts Form Group Mon Mar 22, 2004 By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer CRAWFORD, Texas - Donna Coody disbanded her 7-year-old daughter's Brownie troop and took her 9-year-old daughter out of another Girl Scout troop because she was upset over the organization's endorsement of two Planned Parenthood (news - web sites) sex education seminars. But Coody didn't want her daughters and their friends to miss out on camping trips, educational activities and service projects. So she decided in March to start a troop affiliated with the Christian-based American Heritage Girls. "I felt like the Girl...
  • American Heritage Girls challanges Girl Scouts "moral relativism"

    03/22/2004 7:23:30 AM PST · by yankeedame · 22 replies · 577+ views
    The Cincinnati Enquirer ^ | Monday, March 22, 2004 | Karen Vance
    Monday, March 22, 2004 Scouting alternative based in Springdale By Karen Vance Enquirer contributor SPRINGDALE,OH - A controversy surrounding a Girl Scout council in Texas is drawing new interest to a faith-based organization for girls that was created in Greater Cincinnati nearly a decade ago. A Brownie troop leader in Crawford, Texas, recently decided to disband her Girl Scout troop and start an outfit affiliated with the American Heritage Girls, a group formed in 1995 by a handful of West Chester Township parents. "I was brainstorming about how to go about starting my own scouting organization," said Donna Coody, leader...
  • The Girl Scouts' big riva: Hans Zeiger describes the growing American Heritage Girl program

    02/20/2004 1:28:56 AM PST · by JohnHuang2 · 31 replies · 412+ views
    WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, February 20, 2004 | Hans Zeiger
    The Girl Scouts' big rival Posted: February 20, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern By Hans Zeiger© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com In a column I wrote last week, I criticized the Girl Scouts of the USA for being something of a politically correct, pro-abortion, feminist training corps. Though local Girl Scout troops and councils may not necessarily reflect the moral relativism of the national organization, the fact is the Girl Scouts have ceased to be the consistently uplifting, character-focused bastion they once were. Many parents have recognized that the Girl Scouts are not the right place for their daughters, and most recently, parents of nine Girl Scouts...
  • The Culture War is Over. Is It Still Worth Fighting?

    07/31/2003 1:02:55 PM PDT · by sharpink · 55 replies · 674+ views
    SharpInk.net ^ | 7-31-03 | E. Andrew Eccleston
    The Culture War is Over. Is It Still Worth Fighting? -------------------------------------------------------- By E. Andrew Eccleston The culture war is over. Those who are among the cultural conservatives have lost. The evidence is everywhere not only has traditional morality been defeated it has been driven out of the public square. Bush nominee William Pryor Jr. and Alabama Attorney General faces opposition and most probably a filibuster in the Senate for his Orthodox Catholic beliefs. The Supreme Court in the recent Lawrence vs Texas has swept away state sodomy laws. Emboldened by this victory cultural liberals have set their eyes on gay...
  • Confessions Of A Flag-Waver...

    01/14/2003 5:26:41 AM PST · by Apolitical · 1 replies · 161+ views
    The Iconoclast ^ | January 14, 2003 | Dorothy Ravitch
    ICONOCLAST DAILY NOTEBOOK.... Confessions Of A Flag-Waver.... January 14, 2003: Many teachers and professional organizations have debated the question: What lessons should we teach our children about the attacks of September 11th? Some have responded that we should emphasize tolerance, others have said patriotism, some have recommended that we teach about America's commitment to freedom, others have advised us to recognize America's history of cultural imperialism. One of my academic colleagues recently argued in a published column that the question, "What lessons should we teach?" is the wrong question because it implies that teachers should transmit a single viewpoint about...