Effective today , Australia ’s Girl Guides will no longer have to uphold their obligation to God or anticipate to dish the Queen , instead pledging to “ be true to myself ” and “ serve my community and Australia . ” The alteration are part of the long - stand organization ’s endeavor to modernize itself and remain relevant — and to draw more members given its current roster of only 28,000 girls .
Under the changes , Australian Girl Guides will still wear their sashes with badge , but pledges of obligation to Britain ’s monarch and obedience have been dropped . The remotion of the password “ obedience ” is an interesting one ; as New South Wales state commissioner Belinda Allen noted to the Daily Telegraph , “ obeisance was universally seen as not appropriate for women in 2012 . ”
The updated oath reads like this : “ I promise that I will do my best ; to be unfeigned to myself and develop my belief ; to serve my community and Australia , and survive by the Guide Law . ”
Needless to say , the changes , which necessitate over 18 calendar month of consultation , have been criticize by commonwealth Republicans and Monarchists , who took objection to its “ political correctness . ” compose in the Telegraph , Jonathan Pearlmanreports :
“ If the Girl Guides think they will achieve groovy numbers by removing the very centre of what they are , then I feel they are sadly mistaken , ” said Philip Benwell , from the Australian Monarchist League .
“ At one clock time parents would send their daughters to the usher to encourage ego study and leadership . Now it seems all they will get is a cringing towards political correctness . And all this to cater to those children or more probably their parents who have republican sympathies , or who are irreligious . ”
On the other side of the playing field , the Australian Republican Movement say the decision to drop the pledge to the Queen was noncontroversial and part of an “ inevitable ” move towards a Republic . Girl Guides Australia say the move is meant to keep the brass relevant and to become more inclusive .
Now , while the Australians have made the switch , the prescribed Girl Guide ’s pledge in the United States still have mention of God :
On my honor , I will judge :
To service God and my land ,
To help mass at all times ,
And to hold up by the Girl Scout Law .
According to the Girl Scouts of the USA , the Scripture “ God ” can be interpreted in a number of ways , calculate on one ’s spectral beliefs . They also say that it ’s satisfactory for a Girl Guide to replace the parole “ God ” with whatever Book their spectral beliefs dictate .
In Canada , the Girl Guides dropped their pledge to both God and the fagot back in 1994 , instead promise to “ take action for a dear world ” and “ respect the Guiding Law . ”
Sources : BBC , Daily Telegraph , Globe & Mail , Canadian Atheist .
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