Re; Yesterday's posting, this is just in today from the website of RENEW: A Women's Ministry Network for United Methodists:
The Church Center for the United Nations (CCUN), owned and operated by the leadership of United Methodist Women, was the site of over 70 satellite events held March 1-12, in conjunction with the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Opening worship took place in the Tillman Chapel where the chaplain of CCUN, Rev. Kathleen Stone, emphasized the need for women to develop a collective voice saying that "this is serious business". A delegation of eight executives from the Women's Divison participated in the two week event, sponsoring two workshops and providing hospitality and in-kind services for a plethora of feminist groups.
Shockingly, one such workshop held at the Church Center, the World Association of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides hosted a no-adults-allowed panel where the International Planned Parenthood Federation (www.ippf.org) was allowed to distribute a brochure entitled "Healthy, Happy, and Hot".
IF you scroll down on RENEW's website, you will notice that this story is in keeping with other stories about the activities of the Women's Division, an official organ of the United Methodist Church that RENEW has been opposing for years.
C-Fam also picked up on this.
FYI, here's a pdf of the Girl Scout brochure.
Posted by: Peter J. O'Leary | March 12, 2010 at 06:20 PM
Speaking of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, Theodore Dalrymple has some interesting commentary on one of the IPPF job postings in the recent British Medical Journal. You can read his comments here: http://www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/archives/001996.php
Posted by: Steve | March 14, 2010 at 06:38 PM
Should these young women be allowed to do these things? I dont think so.
Posted by: Maria N. | June 05, 2010 at 03:24 PM