Posted on 08/24/2017 11:47:09 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The Girls Scouts of the United States of America is accusing the Boy Scouts of America of a "covert campaign to recruit girls into programs run by the Boy Scouts," according to a letter by the Girl Scouts' president.
"We were disappointed in the lack of transparency as we learned that you are surreptitiously testing the appeal of a girls' offering to millennial parents," Girl Scouts President Kathy Hopinkah Hannan wrote in her letter to Boy Scouts President Randall Stephenson. "Furthermore, it is inherently dishonest to claim to be a single-gender organization while simultaneously endeavoring upon a coed model."
Top leaders of the two youth organizations, both struggling to stem membership declines, conferred this month about possibilities for coordination. But Hopinkah Hannan, in her letter, said she came away from that discussion feeling the Boy Scouts had already committed to an expansion of coed programs that would damage the Girl Scouts.
The Boy Scouts said in a statement to The Washington Post they are considering including girls in their ranks, not to boost their numbers but in response to requests from families who want their daughters to be a part of the same organization as their sons.
"The Boy Scouts of America believes in the benefit of single-gender programs," Effie Delimarkos, director of national communications for the Boy Scouts, said in a statement.
"Considering how many young girls and boys are not currently served by either of our programs, we believe we owe it to families to explore how we may be able to structure program offerings that fit into their busy lives, to deliver character development and values-based leadership training,'' Delimarkos' statement said.
Both organizations have been losing members in recent years.
The Girl Scouts' membership fell from a peak of more than 3.8 million in 2003 to 2.8 million in 2014. The Boy Scouts said current youth participation is about 2.35 million, down from 2.6 million in 2013, after a peak of more than 4 million in years past.
Some women outside the Girl Scouts have lobbied the Boy Scouts to include girls.
In February, after the 107-year-old Boy Scouts organization announced it would admit transgender children in its scouting programs, the National Organization for Women called on the group to "honor its decree to help all children by permitting girls to gain full membership."
NOW said it was inspired by the efforts of a 15-year-old New York City girl, Sydney Ireland, to emulate her older brother, who is an Eagle Scout.
Unlike the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts have maintained girls-only status for all their programs; the empowerment of girls is at the core of their mission.
Check out their awesome core values.
I’m with ya there. Recruited a lot of girls growing up. Have had a great one for the past 19yrs. Boy did I get the better part of that deal!!!
Did the same with my oldest boy years ago. The foundation of truth from God is just that. The progressives love to twist the truth to destroy our culture.
Both organizations have become fetid rotting corpses, liberal to their cores.
Children get enough liberal indoctrination.
I’m a scout leader down here in Australia. Our scouts are integrated (boys and girls). Having seen both the BSA and Scouts AU, I do have a preference for single gender scouts.
I’m well aware of the problems with the Girl Scouts and how they are basically a left wing indoctrination organization run by lesbians (individual leaders are most likely fine, it is organizational leadership that is the problem).
Instead of recruiting girls into the BSA (btw, both of my sons are Eagle Scouts from the BSA), why doesn’t the BSA start-up Girl Guides (this was the female version of scouting started by Lord Baden Powel and his wife). Keep it similar to the BSA and integrate the two groups on acceptable activities.
I.e. Classroom type activities, camps with defined separate lodging area, abseiling, rock climbing, specific social events.
Larger group when wanted, separation when appropriate. Girl Guides are already international. Do easy to implement. Helps to defeat Girl Scouts that have lost their way.
A++
I got kicked out of Cub Scouts for eating brownies.
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