{"id":1476,"date":"2012-01-13T02:04:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T07:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2012-11-30T11:39:06","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T16:39:06","slug":"7-quick-takes-11312","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2012\/01\/7-quick-takes-11312.html","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes (1\/13\/12)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I bought girl scout cookies from a coworker this week, and now I\u2019m wishing I had sprung for more than two boxes of Thin Mints. \u00a0You see, the Girl Scouts allowed a biologically male seven year old who identifies as a girl to join up<\/a>, and now there\u2019s a proposed boycott<\/a>. \u00a0Good for them for letting the kid in, and, have you ever heard a sweeter LGBT activism pitch than eat cookies for change?<\/p>\n

I was a Daisy and a Brownie, and I found the Girl Scouts mostly boring. \u00a0Instead of building character or learning to tie a lot of knots (which are the same thing, right?) we did things like visit a bakery and learn songs. \u00a0I remember I got into a bit of an argument in elementary school over reciting the Girl Scout Pledge (\u201cOn my honor, I will try: To serve God and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law.\u201d).<\/p>\n

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If people want to try to shield girls and young women from malign influences, their time would be better spent producing videos like this:<\/p>\n