Republican lawmaker takes brave stand against homegrown radicals

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INDIANAPOLIS -- The Girl Scouts of Central Indiana responded Monday to an Indiana state representative's claims that the scouts are a "radicalized organization" that supports abortion and promotes homosexuality.

State Rep. Bob Morris, R-Fort Wayne, made several incendiary allegations regarding the Girl Scouts in a letter sent to fellow Indiana House Republicans that implored others to oppose a nonbinding resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the organization.

"Many parents are abandoning the Girl Scouts because they promote homosexual lifestyles," Morris' letter reads. "In fact, the Girl Scouts education seminar girls are directed to study the example of role models. Of the 50 role models listed, only three have a briefly-mentioned religious background -- all the rest are feminists, lesbians, or Communists."

He also wrote that the fact that first lady Michelle Obama is honorary president should give lawmakers pause and that "abundant evidence proves that the agenda of Planned Parenthood includes sexualizing young girls through the Girl Scouts, which is quickly becoming a tactical arm of Planned Parenthood."

"The stand of the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana is definitely at odds with what he said," said Cathy Ritchie, chief operating officer of the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana.

Morris said his claims were based on conversations with well-informed constituents and a small amount of web-based research.

"I'd like to just debunk that. Girl Scouts believe that all matters of faith and anything that's a sensitive issue at all belongs at home," Ritchie said. "It belongs to the family. It belongs to the family's community, place of worship. That's not what we're about in Girl Scouts."

Morris said that based on his research, he will not support the "Year of the Girl" initiative. He has two daughters who he said were Girl Scouts, but they are now participating in another organization to "learn about values and principles that will not confuse their conservative Hoosier upbringing."

Morris was elected to the Indiana House in 2010.

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Just when you think Republicans can't come across as any more bat shit loopy than they do already, they outdo themselves.

badbabysitter said:

"Many parents are abandoning the Girl Scouts because they promote homosexual lifestyles," Morris' letter reads. "In fact, the Girl Scouts education seminar girls are directed to study the example of role models. Of the 50 role models listed, only three have a briefly-mentioned religious background -- all the rest are feminists, lesbians, or Communists."

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One wonders how Morris defines "Communists." Or, for that matter, "feminists." (One prefers not to wonder how he might define "lesbians.")

badbabysitter said:

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Girl Scouts of Central Indiana responded Monday to an Indiana state representative's claims that the scouts are a "radicalized organization" that supports abortion and promotes homosexuality.

State Rep. Bob Morris, R-Fort Wayne, made several incendiary allegations regarding the Girl Scouts in a letter sent to fellow Indiana House Republicans that implored others to oppose a nonbinding resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the organization.

"Many parents are abandoning the Girl Scouts because they promote homosexual lifestyles," Morris' letter reads. "In fact, the Girl Scouts education seminar girls are directed to study the example of role models. Of the 50 role models listed, only three have a briefly-mentioned religious background -- all the rest are feminists, lesbians, or Communists."

He also wrote that the fact that first lady Michelle Obama is honorary president should give lawmakers pause and that "abundant evidence proves that the agenda of Planned Parenthood includes sexualizing young girls through the Girl Scouts, which is quickly becoming a tactical arm of Planned Parenthood."

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And the really frightening part? There are people out there that think the same way this ass clown does (i.e. the ones that voted him into office).

Scary, isn't it?

-- all the rest are feminists, lesbians, or Communists."
That just about covers everyone in Ft. Wayne.

A bit of digging shows that there seems to be some concerted RW campaign against the Girl Scouts, not just this one lunatic. WTF is wrong with America???

SeanH said:

A bit of digging shows that there seems to be some concerted RW campaign against the Girl Scouts, not just this one lunatic. WTF is wrong with America???

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He is a very small fish in an even smaller pond.
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koalabear said:

He is a very small fish in an even smaller pond.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...-girl-scouts/2012/01/27/gIQAEJtMYQ_story.html

we need to drop the (R) and (D) in politics they mean nothing anymore.

in the 60 it was the souther democrats that want ed segregation and it was the republicans in the legislature working with the northern democrats that ended it.

now democrats call themselves progressive and make it illegal to say what is on your mind. along with republican who make it illegal to decide what to do in your own home.

the problem is not politics but politicians.

SeanH said:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...-girl-scouts/2012/01/27/gIQAEJtMYQ_story.html

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Wrong State.

koalabear said:

Wrong State.

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My point was that it isn't just the one loony, there seems to be a wider campaign by the religious right to attack the girl scouts.

SeanH said:

My point was that it isn't just the one loony, there seems to be a wider campaign by the religious right to attack the girl scouts.

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Just the loonies. Boy Scouts went through the same bullshit when people claimed all Scout leaders were gay men.

part 2... and does living in Wasila lower your IQ?

http://www.adn.com/2012/04/06/2411109/girl-scouts-deny-any-involvement.html

JUNEAU -- The Girl Scouts said flatly Friday that the organization had no connections to Planned Parenthood, answering a legislator who had held up a resolution honoring the organization and the Year of the Girl.

The legislator, Rep. Wes Keller, R-Wasilla, said he was concerned over Internet "rumors" of such a connection.

"Our position on sensitive issues is quite clear," Girl Scouts of Alaska said in a written statement. "We take no position on the subjects of birth control or abortion and we believe these topics are best discussed between girls and their families. Neither Girl Scouts of USA, nor Girl Scouts of Alaska has a relationship or partnership with Planned Parenthood."

On Thursday, Keller, acting chairman of the House State Affairs Committee, stunned other committee members and Sen. Bettye Davis when he wouldn't let the committee move Davis' resolution honoring a century of Girl Scouts and the 2012 Year of the Girl. The resolution had passed the Senate unanimously in February.

"I'm sure you are aware of the information that's floating around the Internet, and I'd like to give you the opportunity to respond to your connection, the Girl Scout connection, with Planned Parenthood and the activist role in that," Keller said to Davis and her legislative intern. The 21-year-old intern had presented the resolution to the committee.

Davis said she didn't have a clue what he was talking about.

She and the intern later found references in the right-wing blogosphere to assertions the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood were in league to advance a radical feminist agenda that includes abortion rights.

Keller's decision to hold the resolution and his remarks led to a storm of public comments. On Friday, he and another legislator, Rep. Anna Fairclough, R-Eagle River, sought to dampen the uproar by asserting he was properly asking questions in his role as chairman.

"Keller didn't know asking a question was wrong," said the headline on a press statement issued by his office. He described the aftermath of the committee meeting and his decision to bottle up the resolution as a "brouhaha over asking a simple question."

"The question I posed was based on a rumor I had heard about regarding a connection that presumably should be aired," he said in the statement. He said he was concerned that any link to an organization that would compromise Girl Scouts principles "needs to be brought to the forefront.

"I did not establish a link; I simply asked the question, nothing more," he said. If Davis provides a response, "we can get on with honoring the Girl Scouts."

An aide in his office, Jim Pound, said Friday afternoon that Keller wouldn't take a reporter's questions.


During a floor session in the House Friday morning, Fairclough rose to Keller's defense, citing "freedom of speech."

"Yesterday I read with some sadness a report about a bit of dust that was kicked up over Girl Scouts and honoring those Girl Scouts," said Fairclough, who described herself a former scout. "It truly is a privilege to be in this body and a responsibility to be a chairman of any committee, and if we have questions about something that's going on in the public, it's certainly everyone's right to ask those questions so that those questions can be answered."

Fairclough said she would vote in favor of Davis' resolution if it got the floor.

A few minutes later, Keller himself rose and asked Speaker Mike Chenault for "permission to speak on cookies."

"Girl Scouts, you know, the values, leadership, self-sufficiency, service, dignity, about family values," he said. "We all know of a fantastic reputation of the Girl Scouts and we all want it protected."

Perhaps making light of the uproar he provoked, he added, "I just wanted to say that if any Girl Scouts out there have any cookies left over, there's probably a soft market in Room 432 -- but sealed packages only."

koalabear said:

Just the loonies. Boy Scouts went through the same bullshit when people claimed all Scout leaders were gay men.

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that was never said... it was said that some scout leaders were molesting children

turns out they were right


... unlike the Girl Scouts being an abortion coven