Starting the War on Women early with the Girl Scouts

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Good grief. Now I have heard it all.  The Girl Scouts are now a target of the Religious Right and in particular, the Catholic bishops inquiry. 

Apparently the GSA who are non-sectarian,  aren’t Christian enough for  some folks and the Catholic bishops.  For starters, girls are allowed to insert Allah or Buddha in as a substitute for God, in the Girl Scout promise which says: “On my honor, I will try to serve God and my country.”   If that is who they worship, why not?  Some troop took in a transgendered child.  That caused an uproar.  Good for the troop.  Why exclude people?

According to the Washington Post:

NEW YORK — Long a lightning rod for conservative criticism, the Girl Scouts of the USA are now facing their highest-level challenge yet: An official inquiry by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

At issue are concerns about program materials that some Catholics find offensive, as well as assertions that the Scouts associate with other groups espousing stances that conflict with church teaching. The Scouts, who have numerous parish-sponsored troops, deny many of the claims and defend their alliances. 

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Is Romney a Bully?

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Much has been made for the past day or two over a hazing incident at Mitt Romney’s prep school,  Cranbrook School.  Accounts of the incident were taken from several witnesses, independently, and all described a case of Romney targeting an effeminate classmate with bleached blond hair that fell over one eye.  According to the witnesses, Romney jumped the boy, sheers in hand, and gave him a haircut.  The kid was terrified and screamed for help.  One the surface, it doesn’t sound all that bad….but was it?

Washington Post:

 Back on the handsome campus, studded with Tudor brick buildings and manicured fields, he spotted something he thought did not belong at a school where the boys wore ties and carried briefcases. John Lauber, a soft-spoken new student one year behind Romney, was perpetually teased for his nonconformity and presumed homosexuality. Now he was walking around the all-boys school with bleached-blond hair that draped over one eye, and Romney wasn’t having it.

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