Wash. Times Attacks Girl Scouts Of America For “Undermin[ing] Girls, Families”

In a January 16 Washington Times op-ed titled, “Say no to Girl Scout Cookies: Left-wing political agenda undermines girls, families,” Cathy Cleaver Ruse, a senior fellow at the anti-gay “hate group” Family Research Council, attacked the Girl Scouts of America for its purported ties to Planned Parenthood and for publishing “a guidebook that tells girls to check with the leftist, George Soros-funded Media Matters before believing what they read in the news.” Ruse further attacked GSA for “admit[ting] boys who dress as girls,” suggesting that doing so amounts to “child abuse.”

Right-wing media had previously attacked GSA's “liberal ideology” and promoted a Girl Scout cookie boycott.

From Ruse's piece:

Last year, the Girl Scouts decided to admit boys who dress as girls. When asked to admit a cross-dressing 7-year-old boy, a Colorado troop leader demurred, explaining to his mother, with tact and irrefutable logic, that her son couldn't be a Girl Scout because he has “boy parts.”

The troop leader was chastised by the mom as being insensitive and promptly was overruled by the Girl Scout top brass, who, in a statement said, “If a child identifies as a girl and the child's family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout.” Perpetuating this cruel charade on the little boy and forcing little girls to participate in it is “inclusiveness” to the Girl Scouts. To others, it's child abuse.

But it shouldn't be surprising: The Girl Scouts have a cross-dresser in the front office.

Ten years ago, Girl Scouts media relations officer Joshua Ackley was frontman for the “homopunk” band the Dead Betties. In publicity shots, he's dressed in women's clothing, and in music videos, he appears to be naked and feigning masturbation. The video for “Hellevator” portrays a woman being strangled in an elevator shaft while Mr. Ackley flashes a menacing grin.

Today he issues press releases, posts news and views on the Girl Scouts' blog, and tries to mollify moms who are concerned about Girl Scout ties with Planned Parenthood. In fact, it was Mr. Ackley who facilitated the Girl Scouts' “no adults allowed” workshop at the United Nations - the workshop in which the Planned Parenthood sex brochure “Healthy, Happy, and Hot” was offered, although part of Mr. Ackley's job is to deny it.

It wouldn't be a surprise if someone like Mr. Ackley was behind the Girl Scouts' recent scandal: a guidebook that tells girls to check with the leftist, George Soros-funded Media Matters before believing what they read in the news.

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Several years ago. a quarter of the Girl Scout councils nationwide admitted to partnering with Planned Parenthood, the nation's abortion giant. When questioned about the affiliation on NBC's “Today Show,” Girl Scout CEO Kathy Cloninger had no compunction in confirming it.

The Girl Scouts have been “pro-choice” for years, but now they've been caught supporting promiscuous sex for girls. The Planned Parenthood sex guide offered at that “girls only” U.N. meeting offered this advice on Page 11: “Some people have sex when they have been drinking alcohol or using drugs. This is your choice. ... If you want to have sex and think you might get drunk or high, plan ahead by bringing condoms and lube or putting them close to where you usually have sex.”