Conservative backlash targets new Socialist and lesbian head of French Catholic scouts organization
For weeks, board members of France's Scouts and Guides reviewed candidates to find the best person to serve as the organization's next president. Marine Rosset, who was elected with 22 out of 24 votes on Saturday, June 14, appeared to fit the profile perfectly. A well-known figure within the 100,000-member movement, having served as a board member since 2019 and as its vice president since 2022, Rosset, a former history-geography teacher in the northern Paris suburbs of Seine-Saint-Denis and a local elected official, was expected to embody "continuity."
However, it would seem some Catholics didn't see it that way. Criticism quickly followed, especially from far-right sites such as Salon Beige, Boulevard Voltaire and Frontières. These published articles arguing that Rosset's political background and personal life were incompatible with the presidency of the Scouts and Guides, a Catholic organization.
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For weeks, board members of France's Scouts and Guides reviewed candidates to find the best person to serve as the organization's next president. Marine Rosset, who was elected with 22 out of 24 votes on Saturday, June 14, appeared to fit the profile perfectly. A well-known figure within the 100,000-member movement, having served as a board member since 2019 and as its vice president since 2022, Rosset, a former history-geography teacher in the northern Paris suburbs of Seine-Saint-Denis and a local elected official, was expected to embody "continuity." However, it would seem some Catholics didn't see it that way. Criticism quickly followed, especially from far-right sites such as Salon Beige, Boulevard Voltaire and Frontières. These published articles arguing that Rosset's political background and personal life were incompatible with the presidency of the Scouts and Guides, a Catholic organization.
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