Girl Guides considers dropping God from members’ promise
Oddly enough I find myself in accord with Mike Judge of the Christian Institute when he says: “It would be terribly sad”.
Currently the Girl Guides pledge is:
I promise that I will do my best, to love my God, to serve the Queen and my country, to help other people and to keep the Guide Law.”
The Secular Society has taken up complaints with the Girl Guides Association from those who felt ‘excuded’. Consequently, the Association will consider reviewing the pledge, with an eye on removing the reference to God.
Thankfully, at this point the Scouting Association have no plans to change their pledge:
On my honour, I promise that I will do my best,
To do my duty to God and to the Queen,
To help other people,
And to keep the Scout Law.
T’is all a sign of the times I suppose….
Tags: Religion Society
November 21st, 2011 at 11:45 am
Queen and my country … in the negation of G
d the rise of totalitarianism.
December 29th, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Really? What are you worried about?
The removal of an entity that has no bearing on the women in question won’t end the world realisticly now will it
Surely removing or ideally, replacing god with “humanity” would both make the Promise relevant and palletable for the more inclusion-minded.
Cheers!
-Alexis