20 November 2008
Chastain Chastises Girl Scouts Again
Posted by admin under: Girl Scout Reorganization .
Jane Chastain at WorldNet Daily, a conservative site, has taken the Girl Scouts to task again in her latest column. She has previously warned about “New Age” values in the GSUSA and her opinion about how leaders are being directed to follow the party line. Well, of course leaders are being asked to support the program, but as one of the leaders who hasn’t agreed with all the changes I can attest to the fact that no one is telling us what to do. Jane discussed the recent convention this time.
From the opening ceremony to the exhibitors in the convention hall, it is clear that the direction the Girl Scouts have chosen is a hard left, downhill.
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Patriotism has been replaced with globalism. This year, the traditional flag ceremony was trashed. The girls didn’t respectfully carry the U.S. flag into the hall. Instead, it was bunched together with the flags of other countries and pulled in by a golf cart to the nonsensical – some say drug related – ’70s Chicago tune “25 or 6 to 4.” After the girls recited the promise, the band broke into “September” by Earth, Wind and Fire.
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The highlight of the convention was the unveiling of the latest “Journeys” program inspired by the Ashland Institute and created with the help of Brian Bacon of the Oxford Leadership Academy, who is a practitioner and teacher of the Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga and a “senior member” of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University. These programs are billed as a “leadership experience.” Girls are encouraged to become “agents of change” – ah, there’s that word again – for the global good.
These programs are egocentric and devoid of any mention of family. There is a strong anti-boy tone. Instead of mother and father, the books refer to “trusted adults.” Gone is the Judeo-Christian tradition on which the Girl Scouts was founded. The emphasis is on moral relativism and “self.” The books are salt and peppered with Eastern religious practices. Girls are encouraged to make a Zen garden, use yoga and martial arts as a form of relaxation and use a Japanese tea ceremony to “clear the mind.”
Jane gives her opinion on other youth groups for girls, but you can see she wants to love the GSUSA again and can’t bring herself to because of their more liberal policies. Yeah, that’s just my opinion.
- Jawing About Journeys
- Leadership Institute Was Splendiloquent
- GSUSA Green
- Girl Scout Convention Snapshot
- Convention Chat
2 Comments so far...
Eric Says:
21 November 2008 at 1:55 am.
Great post, but just as a heads-up, when I clicked on that link it tried to install a virus on my PC.
admin Says:
21 November 2008 at 3:01 pm.
Hm. That’s weird. WorldNet Daily is a world-read site so I wouldn’t expect viruses to be there. I tried to install some ad software on my site. I wonder if I let the demons in. Let me know if you see it on any other links. Thanks.
