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Franklin Graham Boycotts Girl Scouts Cookies As Part Of Anti-LGBT Crusade

Franklin Graham is joining other Religious Right(link is external) activists(link is external) in calling for a boycott of Girl Scout cookies, with the conservative pastor attacking the young women’s organization on his Facebook page(link is external) today over its stance on LGBT issues.

Hailing the Roman Catholic archbishop of St. Louis who penned a letter(link is external) denouncing the Girl Scouts, Graham similarly took issue with the group’s welcoming stance and said he “won’t be buying any Girl Scout cookies this year.”

Other conservative leaders have, in the past, shared Graham’s contempt for the Girl Scouts(link is external), warning that the group turns girls into lesbians(link is external) and communists(link is external).

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Posted by Franklin Graham(link is external) on Tuesday, March 1, 2016(link is external)