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Religious Right activists have long campaigned against the Girl Scouts of the USA, and pastors Kevin Swanson and Dave Buehner of Generations Radio have now joined in by urging listeners not to purchase Girl Scout cookies. Please, I beg of you, do not buy Girl Scout cookies, Swanson said. Please, I beg of you, stop buying Girl Scout cookies. But if they do, he said, they should take a big, fat, black magic marker and start marking out all of the references to the Girl Scouts of America on all the boxes. Swanson warned that the wicked Girl Scouts are promoting lesbianism and abortion, calling the cookies food offered to idols. - See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/kevin-swanson-begs-you-not-buy-communist-lesbian-girl-scout-cookies#sthash.HoUngr0A.dpuf
TeamPooka
(24,227 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Socialist Atheist is my favorite flavor.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)I don't care much for fire and brimstone, though.
dchill
(38,497 posts)Mopar151
(9,983 posts)dmr
(28,347 posts)He sees lesbians everywhere.
Good grief, find him a strait jacket and a muzzle.
I think I'll buy some cookies.
sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)It's s-o-o-o easy to fleece fundy rubes that guys like these make a handsome living at it. If the GSA wants them to lay off it only needs to make a substantial faith offering.
mythology
(9,527 posts)I never realized that those delicious peanut butter cookies were a lesbian plot. But it makes sense that they would make something so delicious that I can't help but eat too many of them, thus getting bigger and therefore less attractive to women, thus making them lesbians. It's all so clear now that it's been explained to me.
Or maybe Kevin Swanson is a dumbass. Whichever is more likely.
ellie
(6,929 posts)I always buy girl scout cookies from the scouts outside the grocery store. The girls are poised, good salespeople and polite. I guess that would make some people nervous.
Go Vols
(5,902 posts)which seems to make me buy more than I should.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)TYY
d_r
(6,907 posts)it explains it at the link:
This one was October, 2011, in Houston, Texas, and the first openly homosexual mayor in the United States, which happens to be Annise Parker, showed up at the convention. A lesbian; a lesbian. By the way, her lesbian partner Kathy Hubbard is the treasurer for Planned Parenthood PAC so apparently there is this unholy alliance between the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood. - See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/kevin-swanson-begs-you-not-buy-communist-lesbian-girl-scout-cookies#sthash.nHtHsw7Q.dpuf
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)TYY
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)And if they're communist lesbian Girl Scout cookies, I'll buy a case!
catrose
(5,067 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)fundies are pros at.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Blue Owl
(50,383 posts)Just to spite this hate merchant.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Thousands of dead little tiny fetuses in our wombs. Called them "graveyards".
Dan Savage featured him several months ago.
valerief
(53,235 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Swanson: Im beginning to get some evidence from certain doctors and certain scientists that have done research on womens wombs after theyve gone through the surgery, and theyve compared the wombs of women who were on the birth control pill to those who were not on the birth control pill. And they have found that with women who are on the birth control pill, there are these little tiny fetuses, these little babies, that are embedded into the womb. Theyre just like dead babies. Theyre on the inside of the womb. And these wombs of women who have been on the birth control pill effectively have become graveyards for lots and lots of little babies.
Peeples: Weve actually heard on both sides of that. Were researching that and want to make sure we speak correctly to that in our second film. But we have medical advice on both sides of the table there, so we want to make sure that we communicate that properly.
Swanson: It would seem, and I realize that people are a little split on what are all the effects of the birth control pill, but it would seem that theres a tremendous risk in the use of it for the life of children.
- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/swanson-wombs-women-birth-control-embedded-dead-babies#sthash.OZA9yhLH.dpuf
valerief
(53,235 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)You beat me to it
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Heh heh.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I'll buy some extra boxes just to poke my thumb in the f'idiot's eye.
Laffy Kat
(16,381 posts)Yet ANOTHER excuse to buy even MORE cookies. At least they freeze well.
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)ladyVet
(1,587 posts)After all these years, I'm still straight, and my marriage still ended for reasons which have nothing to do with gay marriage. I mean, I'm stubborn, but come on.
And I ain't giving up Thin Mints for nobody.
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)Packerowner740
(676 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,706 posts)pnwmom
(108,978 posts)Keep it up, Kevin!
IronLionZion
(45,447 posts)TBF
(32,062 posts)BainsBane
(53,032 posts)I'd have been buying a lot more of them.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)What a fucking moran.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I had no idea that Girl Scouts were an issue with the right. I clicked on the link and read Swanson's rant. Silly old me; I thought nothing the religious right could surprise me.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Do they come with chocolate chips?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Every time I've gotten cookies from the Girl Scouts in front of the supermarket they've been out of that one.
polichick
(37,152 posts)sakabatou
(42,152 posts)Butterbean
(1,014 posts)abq e streeter
(7,658 posts)amb123
(1,581 posts)Morons
Stargazer09
(2,132 posts)I love the Girl Scouts, and their cookies.
I can imagine that many right wingers will be purchasing the cookies, regardless of the politics. Let them feel guilty, if they choose to believe the stupid activists who think the GS are evil.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)will send him a notice of your generosity on his behalf!
https://donate.girlscouts.org/give
Here is Kevin Swanson's contact info:
https://generationswithvision.com/contact/
tanyev
(42,559 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)percentage. I think it's exploitation. When they come to my door, I write them a check as a donation.
rpannier
(24,329 posts)I'm sure I can get them online
Initech
(100,078 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)And if it's the latter, how long do communist lesbian Girl Scouts keep in the freezer? I hate it when stuff in my freezer goes bad.
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)would not discriminate!
I lost a bunch of meat this summer when my freezer went out. It did truly suck!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I could end up with ZOMBIE communist lesbian Girl Scouts.
At least it wouldn't be a total loss. SyFy wouldn't be far behind with 'ZOMBIE communist lesbian Girl Scoutnado' ...
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)And they'll take them away from me when they pry my cold, dead, and sticky hands from them.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)for giving me a reason to buy MORE!
rdharma
(6,057 posts)I may buy those instead of my favorite "Thin Mints" this year.
indie9197
(509 posts)Yet they offer zero support for the Girl Scouts. I buy lots of cookies, especially after researching where the dollars go. I dont remember the exact numbers but it is a good deal for the girls.
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)The Girl Scouts are separate and have always maintained that they don't give a shit about stuff like that.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts).."Kevin Swanson warned that lots and lots of lesbians attend Girl Scout conventions and criticized the Girl Scouts for hosting Houston Mayor Annise Parker and musician Sara Bareilles."