Girl Scout Troops Disband Over Transgendered Boy Bobby Montoya [VIDEO]

"It doesn't matter how he looks, he has boy parts, he can't be in Girl Scouts," the troop leader said. "Girl Scouts don't allow that [and] I don't want to be in trouble by parents or my supervisor."

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Bobby Montoya was crushed. "It's like hurting my heart," she said. "It hurts me and my mom both. Somebody told me I couldn't like girl stuff."

Bobby's grandmother told the Daily News, "The [troop leader] was so rude and made him cry. I mean, he was devastated by what she said...This lady shouldn't be working with kids."

When Girl Scouts of Colorado heard what the local troop leader had done, they stood up for Bobby Montoya, saying the leader was obviously unaware of the organization's policies.

"Girl Scouts is an inclusive organization and we accept all girls in Kindergarten through 12th grade as members," a statement read. "If a child identifies as a girl and the child's family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout.”

'It goes against what we believe.'

Almost two months after Bobby Montoya was allowed to join the Girl Scouts, however, several troops in Louisiana caught wind of the story, and have since disbanded their troops in very public protest.

Susan Bryant-Snure, a mother and former troop leader at Northland Christian School in Lacombe, La. has been especially vocal about the organization's decision.

"It goes against what we believe," Bryant-Snure told The Baptist Press, calling the decision "extremely confusing" and an "almost dangerous situation" for young children.

Jeff Johnson, a social issues analyst in the Public Policy Department of Colorado-based Focus on the Family, echoed Bryant-Snure's statements, saying having a biological boy in the Girl Scouts would be "inappropriate" and denied the "biblical truth that God made us male and female in His image."