I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why this story is on the LCMS website. Teaching these girls that it is an honor to meet people of a certain status or position, regardless of their evil actions, is most certainly detrimental to the formation of their character. It would have been better to teach them how to send a polite letter explaining why they decline to meet the President. It would be better still if these girls were not involved in the Girl Scouts organization, which is intertwined with Planned Parenthood.

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/12/04/what-every-pro-lifer-needs-to-know-about-the-girl-scouts-link-to-planned-parenthood/

There are life or death issues faces these girls as they mature into adults, and none of them have to do with recycling styrofoam. I'm certain that one of the reasons the federal government is honoring these girls is because they're youthful focus has been successfully distracted onto a politically correct side-issue. Obama is making an example of them.