Girl Scouts all over the United States are responsible for selling almost 200 million boxes by going door-to-door, person-to-person, and now, online through their Digital Cookie app. But Ramsay, with his supposedly superior palate, proved that – at least when it comes to cookies – he has no idea what he’s talking about. There are no immediate plans to disassociate the archdiocese from Girl Scouts, but that is the apparent longer-term outcome based on events to date. What kind of monster does that?
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Carlson disbanded the “Catholic Committee on Girl Scouts” because of ongoing concerns the organization “exhibits a troubling pattern of behavior … increasingly incompatible with our Catholic values”. True to their teachings of responsibility and diligence, the Girl Scouts have taken proper legal action to protect their valuable trademarks. “There’s the American flag, and there’s Willie Nelson, and then we have Girl Scout cookies”. Use the official Girl Scout Cookie Finder app, free for iOS or Android phone or mobile devices, to find Girl Scouts selling cookies.
Those concerns have to do with policies of and connections to the national and worldwide Girl Scouts organizations the St. Louis archdiocese felt “promote things that are incongruent with Catholic values”.
The archbishop writes that the primary obligation of the church is to enable the girls to grow and become women of God.
See, the baked goodies come from the distributor in bulk and the goods got to get the girls somehow.
Ramsay deemed peanut butter and chocolate Tagalongs “okay” but thought caramel and coconut Samoas were too small and “a bit weird”.
For its part, the archdiocese hasn’t cut ties between any of its parishes and Girl Scout troops. “While Catholics are called to treat all people with compassion and mercy, we must at the same time be mindful of whom we allow to teach and form our youth and the messages they present”.
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So, while you are chewing on your favorite Girl Scout cookie and washing it down with milk, consider whether obtaining a USA trademark registration for a product or service offered by your company makes sense.
