Merit badges, cookies, and 'the destruction of traditional American family values'

From The Maddow Blog: http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/21/10465924-merit-badges-cookies-and-the-destruction-of-traditional-american-family-values

By Steve Benen
Tue Feb 21, 2012

Remember a couple of weeks ago when we talked about the right's increasing animosity towards the Girl Scouts? As this story out of Indiana helps demonstrate, it's apparently getting worse.

A Fort Wayne lawmaker has refused to sign on to a resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts, calling the group a "radicalized organization" that supports abortion and promotes the homosexual lifestyle.

Rep. Bob Morris, R-Fort Wayne, sent a letter to his fellow House Republicans on Saturday explaining why he would be the only member in the House not to endorse the nonbinding resolution.

He said he did some web-based research and found allegations that the Girl Scouts are a tactical arm of Planned Parenthood, allows transgender females to join and encourages sex.

Morris also said the fact that First Lady Michelle Obama is honorary president "should give each of us reason to pause before our individual and collective endorsement of the organization."

Morris, a state representative, added that he believes the Girl Scouts have been "subverted in the name of liberal progressive politics and the destruction of traditional American family values."

He wasn't kidding.

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