The president of the Scouts and Guides of France (SGDF), Marine Rosset, ” angry “ Faced with criticisms targeting her, according to her, to her homosexuality, resigned after less than two months in office. “I chose to get behind the presidency of Scouts and Guides de France. The situation had become untenable, and my will is to protect the movement ”she announces, Wednesday, August 6, in an interview with the newspaper The cross.
“After my election, there were people (…) who have instrumentalized positions that I have had. There has resulted in a false image of the Scouts and Guides of France, because we have associated a certain number of my positions with those of the movement ”she deplores.
Elected socialist in the 5the District of Paris, openly lesbian, mother of a child, who had defended the right to abortion, attracted the wrath of several extreme right sites and some dubious reactions within the Church after its election, at a very large majority, at the head of the movement resulting from Catholicism, in June, at the age of 39 years.
“I was attacked every day”
“I am angry, especially because we have sometimes been able to question my faith, because of my homosexuality. It’s hurtful “she said on a daily basis. “What has changed the situation is the unforeseen announcement of a partial legislative election in my constituency [où elle a été candidate en 2022 et 2024]. The least of my speaking would have been monitored. Now it was really important to me that the movement was not reduced to my only person: it is larger than me. I especially did not want to damage it ”explains mme Rosset.
With more than 100,000 members, SGDF is the country’s first scouting association, far ahead of the most conservative scout scouts in France and European scouts.
Mme Rosset says he’s not anticipated “The violence of criticism” After supporting the right to abortion and his family situation. “I was attacked every day on social networks, with messages wishing my disappearance. Do not be fooled, criticism on my political commitment was often a way to criticize me without mentioning my homosexuality ”she underlines.
