Honestgirlscouts

Okay, here is the deal... the girl scouts of america released news that they will basically accept transgender 7 year olds into the scouts. "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." Okay fine. But then, another former scout gets pissed off and creates this website which is getting a ton of traffic. The huffington post article has 10K Facebook likes and is becoming one of the most popular stories on the web; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/11/girl-scout-cookie-boycott-transgender_n_1199260.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false I will admit I am not sure about girl scouts accepting a 7 year old biological boy into their organization is the right thing to do, but I won't pass judgement on them. I do know that both the parents of this 7 year old and the parents of that teen girl in the video have instilled within them their own beliefs to such a degree that I do wonder if either of these children know how this website/article will affect them years from now. Did the parents of that 7 year old understand the ramifications of this and how forever that child will be remembers as the transgender joining the girl scouts? Is that really what is best for that child? And for the parents of the girl who posted that video online... is that really how you want your child to be remembered as she goes to college, gets a job and grows up? These are serious issues, but not ones I think that should involve children.