Breaking: The Boycott of Girl Scout Cookies Sparks Controversy

A Colorado-based Girl Scouts troop's decision to admit a 7-year-old transgender child this fall has prompted three leaders to resign and dissolve their troops.

As The Christian Post is reporting, all three of the troop leaders were affiliated with the Northlake Christian School in Covington, Louisiana.

Susan Bryant-Snure, one of the leaders who resigned, told The Baptist Press that the Girl Scouts' action is "extremely confusing" and an "almost dangerous situation" for children. "This goes against what we [Northlake Christian School] believe," said Bryant-Snure, who has three daughters among the 25 girls who had been active scouts there.

The controversy began when Felisha Archuleta protested against a Denver troop's decision to not initially allow her transgender daughter, Bobby Montoya, to join the group. "I believe he was born in the wrong body," Archuleta, who also confessed to having difficulty switching from male to female pronouns when discussing her child, told ABC. "But the Girl Scout leader told us he can't join because he has 'boy parts.'... But no one would know he's a boy unless they pulled his pants down."

The Girl Scouts of Colorado subsequently released a statement through the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) in support of Archuleta and her excluded daughter, noting, "If a child identifies as a girl and the child's family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout."

Added Rachelle Trujillo, vice president for communications of the Colorado Girl Scouts: "If a child is living as a girl, that's good enough for us. We don't require any proof of gender."

Bryant-Snure and her fellow leaders are now expected to align themselves with the American Heritage Girls, a Christian organization that was founded in 1995 in response to the Girl Scouts' decision to let scouts use a word other than "God" in their pledge, according to She Wired.

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[everydayandeverynite]

If I don't gain at least 10lbs from all the Girl Scout cookies I'm buying because of this, I haven't done my job.

[HidanKitten32]

OK like thsi if you agree

Because all babies start off as girls in the womb it is clearly possible that, while his body changed match a boy's, his brain remained female. So, no matter what he/she looks like, this child really could be thought of as female. Also I think only Atheists would judge this little boy/girl because what real religious person would judge so meanly? God loves us for who we are, why can't other people?

[Coldchill83]

so i guess when the GS Law said to be "friendly, caring, and considerate," it only meant to some people.

lol

this girl Taylor...she's not a girl. She's a hateful, nasty boy in a girl's body...devoting her time to making life for a certain group of people a living hell.

why can't people just accept one another? would it really be the end of the world?

[jennylovesyouxD]

@Minnesotawinters1 wtf she's just a girl who got born in the wrong body

[AuroraLiora]

very ignorant girl! Get an education! Transgenders are people too!

[HidanKitten32]

@MrHerplyDerply

I agree with you. Like I said in another reply this little boy/girl is too young to be perverted

[MrHerplyDerply]

This is fucking stupid

I hate this 14 year old cunt

She's so fucking un-educated.

The little girl isn't going to fuck anybody.

Jesus Christ.

[LadyRose1985]

How is it unsafe? I grew up and went to activities alongside both males and females (basketball, summer camp, dance, swimming), and never felt as though I wasn't safe. A seven year old isn't thinking about raping his or her fellow scouts--a seven year old is thinking about playing outside and passing spelling tests.

[HidanKitten32]

@1988Cozmo

Yeah tell him to man up and well you are at it to RAPE girls. Fuck you man. Judgmental freak. Loving parents are accepting of their children. If this little boy wants to be a girl what's it to you to say he can't? It's not like he is faking; he is too young to be thinking pervertedly

[HidanKitten32]

@Supergamer8100

not to mention when the kid is have her age, right? Fuck that girl. I hope she was kicked out

[HidanKitten32]

@MidnightMusic91

It was removed