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After controversial remarks by one Republican lawmaker attacking Girl Scouts as a radical group that supports abortion, House Speaker Brian Bosma made his feelings clear Tuesday, one Thin Mint cookie at a time

Bosma, R-Indianapolis, pointedly offered Girl Scout cookies throughout the day and munched them as he presided over the House.

It was a snack prompted by state Rep. Bob Morris, a Fort Wayne Republican who recently sent an email to fellow GOP lawmakers explaining why he had been the lone lawmaker opposing a resolution honoring the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts.

In his email, Morris said he had done “a small amount of web-based research” and had concluded the Girl Scouts was linked to Planned Parenthood — something both the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood deny.

Morris said that liberal Girl Scout leaders “indoctrinate” girls with Planned Parenthood principles and that the Scouts tout 50 role models, all but three of whom he said are “feminists, lesbians or Communists.”

Morris tried to quell the controversy by telling reporters the legislature has “other issues we need to move on to … so we can do the people’s work.”

Bosma clearly felt the same but also clearly wanted people to know he didn’t share Morris’ views.

At one point Tuesday, he told House colleagues he had “purchased 278 cases of Girl Scout cookies in the last 48 hours.”

And when time came for the House to adjourn, he asked all lawmakers who had been Girl Scouts — and seemingly every female legislator stood — to give the daily motion to adjourn.

As he left the House, Bosma was dismissive of the controversy: “I’ve been to the carnival before, and you don’t walk in to every sideshow tent.”

http://www.indystar.com/article/20120222/NEWS05/202220320/House-speaker-uses-cookies-make-point-over-Girl-Scout-remarks?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|IndyStar.com

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