Kansas City Archdiocese boots Girl Scouts, calls group reflective of 'troubling trends'

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Kansas Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann said in a statement Monday the archdiocese’s pastors have been asked to begin phasing out Girl Scouts troops, either quickly or over the next several years. As an alternative, the statement said, they should begin forming troops through American Heritage Girls, which describes itself as a “Christ-centered leadership and character development ministry” that promotes itself as a faith-based alternative to the secular Girl Scouts.

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Jim
Tue, 05/02/17 12:07 pm

“No Girl Scout cookie sales should occur in Catholic Schools or on parish property after the 2016-2017 school year,” he said in a letter to priests in January.

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Bert Perry
Tue, 05/02/17 1:34 pm

…..note here that what the archdiocese of Kansas is doing is responding to information like this about connections between the Girl Scouts and pro-abortion activism. Yes, it is real, and yes, it is a deal killer for dads like me as I consider what organizations my daughters may take part in. Cookies, not so much, as I learned years back that thin mints (the only edible Girl Scout cookie IMO) make my eyes swell.

But really, what needs to happen as a whole is that pro-life churches need to exercise church discipline on members who partner with pro-abortion groups. Why Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, the Kennedys, and the like get a pass on this is beyond me.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.