“Girl Scouts is, and will remain, the scouting program that truly benefits U.S. girls by providing a safe space for them to learn and lead,” the Girl Scouts said in a statement. In August, the president of the Girl Scouts, Kathy Hopinkah Hannan, accused the Boy Scouts of seeking to covertly recruit girls into their programs while disparaging the Girl Scouts’ operations. On Monday, Latino civic leader Charles Garcia, just days after being named to the Girl Scouts’ national board, wrote an opinion piece for the Huffington Post calling the BSA’s overture to girls “a terrible idea.”Read more: Girl Scouts accuse Boy Scouts of a ‘covert campaign’ to recruit girls, increase membership“The Boy Scouts’ house is on fire,” Garcia wrote. Earlier this year, the National Organization for Women urged the Boy Scouts to allow girls to join. Unlike the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts have maintained girls-only status for all their programs.

Source: thestar October 11, 2017 17:35 UTC