Ex-Girl Scouts Call Out Girl Scouts CEO for Deceitful Video Message – breitbart.com

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The Girl Scouts require all members to recite the Girl Scout Law which includes the promise that “I will do my best to be honest and fair.” Last week, Anna Maria Chavez – CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) – released a YouTube video that claims to address the many concerns that prompted the 2014 CookieCott, as well as other controversies surrounding her organization.

I am a former Girl Scout myself, but after hearing Ms. Chavez’s video comments, which range from misleading to blatantly deceitful, I couldn’t help but wonder if Ms. Chavez has forgotten the Girl Scout Law and its call for honesty.

Things must be bad for the Girl Scouts. In Ms. Chavez’s desperate attempt to convince the American public that Girl Scouts is a God-honoring, wholesome organization, she makes multiple claims that are easily refuted by well-documented evidence of the Girl Scouts’ past and present relationships, policies, and materials.

Ms. Chavez argues that the CookieCott is based on a false claim that her organization has become too political. Political bias is not the reason for the CookieCott, but since Chavez herself includes this issue, let’s consider how GSUSA capped off 2013 with the promotion of left-leaning political figures and achievements.

In December 2013, Girl Scouts USA used Twitter to promote a HuffPost Women video which names State Senator Wendy Davis as a candidate for 2013 Woman of the Year specifically because of her filibuster defending late-term abortion access. A couple of weeks after the Wendy Davis debacle, GSUSA recommended a Washington Post article entitled “7 Women Who Made a Difference in 2013.” GSUSA introduced the article by stating “with courage, confidence, and character these seven women show us what it takes to fulfill dreams.” Among the Girl Scouts’ seven women of “courage and character” is Kathleen Sebelius, honored specifically for “her ferocious defense” of Obamacare. The article shared by GSUSA also celebrates the defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 2013.

If Ms. Chavez wants Americans to stop viewing Girl Scouts as political, perhaps her organization should stop featuring controversial liberal women like Kathleen Sebelius and Wendy Davis and avoid political, hot-button issues.

In the video, Chavez also proclaims, “We are committed to serving God and our country.” However, GSUSA made duty to God optional in the Girl Scout Promise in 1993 and GSUSA tells girls that they may remove or replace “God.” How serious is this “commitment” that Chavez professes?

The most deceitful claim Ms. Chavez makes about the Girl Scout “movement,” however, is this: “We do not now – nor have we ever – had a relationship with Planned Parenthood.” Mountains of well-documented evidence spanning decades illustrate the Girl Scout organization’s relationship with Planned Parenthood. Recently, a pro-life blogger exposed the Girl Scouts’ long history of working with the abortion advocacy group, documenting examples as far back as 1972.