Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars.
Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars.
Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars.#1
Posted: 11/27/08 at 11:06pm
When the Salvation Army announced that their Western division was going to grant domestic partner's benefits, we all thought that they had softened their much publicized stance against gays which was brought to the international spotlight when the media exposed a behind closed doors aggreement between the Salvation Army and the Bush Administration. Did they soften their stance? No. They rescinded their offer, and declared once again that same sex relationships would not receive benefits regardless of local and state law.
IN fact, they have suggested that cities that have non-discrimination laws will be excluded from receiving benefits from the Salvation Army. So typically "Christian" of them.
I was ranting and raving and threatening to mug the Santas and shove their little bells... and I asked if anyone had a suggestion about what we could DO about this. And Dano came up with a BRILLIANT IDEA which I want to turn into a national campaign ASAP.
YOU CAN ALL HELP.
Dano suggested we stuff the little red kettles with fake money - he suggested some things we could write on the money. Just fold it up so it looks like a real dollar bill, and you remain anonymous, the santa isn't confronted and embarrased over a policy that he has nothing to do with, and if enough people participate, the Salvation Army will have to rethink it's own policies. You can even continue to give REAL money along with the fake if you wish. It's a beautiful, simple and brilliant idea and Dano is a genius!
Following Dano's guidelines, Drew Greyfox came up with a prototype which was alterer to it's present appearance after charges of counterfeiting were brought by anti-gay organizations. REMEMBER - any one-sided fake dollar is NOT illegal. These can be downloaded, resized, and printed out. It can be customized if you want to play around with it in photoshop.
These images may take a minute to load. To save, copy, and print queer dollars, just right click and choose "save picture as". You can then attach it to e-mail a friend or print out as many as you need daily to donate to the Salvation Army.
Please feel free to alter or customize queer dollars any way you wish.
http://www.angelfire.com/rock/sluttyrockstar/queerdollars.html
I also found this and thought it was a good read.
http://www.cephasministry.com/church_and_state_salvation_army_tip_of_the_iceberg.html
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars.#2
Posted: 11/27/08 at 11:43pmI'm putting a big close up of a blow job on mine!
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#2
Posted: 11/27/08 at 11:58pmI'm sorry, but putting fake money in a charity donation box is too far for me. I'll protest, write letters, make phone calls, and send e-mails, but this is much too spiteful and mean-spirited to be a good idea.
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#3
Posted: 11/27/08 at 11:59pmYou know how bitchy fags can be.
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#4
Posted: 11/28/08 at 12:18amI am with Trekkie2. I would say just don't put anything in the kettle if you want to protest or write letters, e-mails as Trekkie2 suggested.
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#5
Posted: 11/28/08 at 12:19amI'd suggest doing both, give the ****ers fake money, then send the high up ****ers angry letters.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#6
Posted: 11/28/08 at 12:19am
"You can even continue to give REAL money along with the fake if you wish."
Trekkie, did you read the whole thing? Give them as much as you want, but also give them the note.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#7
Posted: 11/28/08 at 12:20amBut then why you want to give money to bigots is beyond me...
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#8
Posted: 11/28/08 at 12:26am
EXACTLY
**** the salvation army and their institutionalized bigotry.
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#9
Posted: 11/28/08 at 12:39am
I won't give anything, not the real or fake money. I'll find a non-bigoted charity. My point is that the fake money only worsens their image of us, and does nothing to further the cause. Also, when counting the money at the end of the day, they don't know that a gay guy gave real money, they only know that a bitchy queen gave them a sarcastic piece of crap instead of help.
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#10
Posted: 11/28/08 at 12:45amas I said, **** them and their bigotry, i don't care if all tehy know is a bitchy queen gave them a piece of crap, but it certainly won't be sarcastic.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#11
Posted: 11/28/08 at 12:47am
"IN fact, they have suggested that cities that have non-discrimination laws will be excluded from receiving benefits from the Salvation Army."
How many emails and letters have you written since the election?
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/2/03
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#12
Posted: 11/28/08 at 1:16am
"REMEMBER - any one-sided fake dollar is NOT illegal."
Not true! There are specific requirements, especially to size of the "artwork", and my further understanding is that it is intended to be used as art, and not passed the same as money.
Now why does anyone think this is a good idea again? Seems more like a third grade prank.
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#13
Posted: 11/28/08 at 1:21amI agree with trekkie. I dislike the Salvation Army, but this is the wrong way to protest their discriminatory policies. Why not just not donate?
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#14
Posted: 11/28/08 at 1:45am
It's called sending a message.
If you want to have your money go to a group that discriminates, go ahead.
I'd rather let them know directly.
I'm floored at how apathetic people are.
And Trekkie, you haven't answered my question...
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#15
Posted: 11/28/08 at 1:56am
You can send a message in other ways than doing potentially illegal and something that is, as Trekkie said earlier, rather spiteful.
ETA: And wait, If I'm choosing not to donate, how is my money going towards them?
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#16
Posted: 11/28/08 at 1:16pmWhat type of ****ing protest is NOT GIVING if I wasn't going to give anyway?
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
re: Protest Salvation Army's Discrimination Against Gays With Queer Dollars#17
Posted: 11/28/08 at 4:53pm
Spiteful?
Where do you get that from?
It's exactly the same as writing a letter to them, but those they just throw away.
Spiteful is when they announce that cities that have non-discrimination laws will be excluded from receiving benefits from them.
They would turn their back on the needy just because they live in a city that DOESN'T practice discrimination?! THAT'S spiteful. Not a piece of paper saying, "We Are All Human".
re: Salvation Army doesn't need/want your homo money#18
Posted: 11/29/08 at 7:03am
"they announce that cities that have non-discrimination laws will be excluded from receiving benefits from them"
I'm sorry I must have missed the link where this was announced to the public??
Link to story please.
there, is a link, right? right??
I mean, otherwise people around here would look like a bunch of fu***ng liars, posting things that aren't true.
and that's not the case, right?
right???
re: Salvation Army doesn't need/want your homo money#19
Posted: 11/29/08 at 7:16amYou seriously are the least effective troll ever.
re: Salvation Army doesn't need/want your homo money#20
Posted: 11/29/08 at 2:47pm
I started a facebook group in order to spread the word to our non-broadwayworld friends.
Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=37558326375&ref=mf
Make sure to invite your friends.
"There must be an action to get a reaction."
re: Salvation Army doesn't need/want your homo money#21
Posted: 11/29/08 at 8:21pm
I don't give a penny to these people....and karma does get them.
Way back in the early 1980's the company I worked for at the time sold the SA their office furniture for their new San Diego location.....which then burnt to the ground.
And now in San Diego I read today that something happened, a fire, flood, or something destroyed 1000 collected toys....which is indeed sad for the kids, but I just can't help thinking it's karma.
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