Salvation Army says -Gays Need to Be Put to Death-

May decide to throw a slug in their pot at Christmas

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Here is Snopes.com's take on this.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexuality/salvationarmy.asp

"We note here that this controversy in (sic) based on a good deal of interpretation rather than literal explanation. The Salvation Army's Handbook of Doctrine does not specifically condemn homosexuals and call for them to be put to death"

So, they can turn away their fellow man in their hour of need just because they are prejudice. Wow! How Christian! I'm sure Jesus would be proud. Remind these volunteers how UNCHRISTIAN their organization REALLY is.

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"Specifically, the policies don't call for death. They just throw you out of their shelters if you ask for help and they find out you're gay. I guess that's part of the academy lectures rather than the written guidebooks."

Maybe in your neighborhood, but not everywhere:

http://salvationarmynorth.org/about-us/what-we-believe/debunking-the-lgbt-discrimintation-lie/

"If they did investigate, Miller said, they’d meet people like Jacquelynn Massengill, a 55-year-old transgender woman. She lived at Harbor Light for 18 months, moving there from Indiana to escape a domestic violence situation.

'The accusations are not true and they’re not fair,' Jacquelynn said. 'I’ll go to my grave thanking The Salvation Army.'"

Out HGTV designer defends SA connection

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"This is so confusing!! If I keep donating now knowing they're bigots, I guess that'd make me a bigot, but at the same time they do provide a lot of help to people in need..."

Um... No.

Donating to bigots "makes" you someone who supports bigots.

And to suggest that withholding your support = depriving people in need only makes sense in a universe where there is only one charitable organization helping people in need.

As DAME so rightly said, there are many other charitable institutions out there.

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Updated On: 9/30/13 at 02:50 PM

For what it's worth, the Canadian Sally Ann DID release a statement.

In the last week, we have received many calls and emails to our offices, as well as comments on our Facebook page and through Twitter, about The Salvation Army and LGBTQ discrimination.

There are two issues about which most people are generally concerned. These include:
•First, a photo-shopped image of two Salvation Army kettle workers below a kettle sign that reads: “Gays Not Allowed.”
•Second, comments from a 2012 radio interview in which a Salvation Army officer agreed with the comment that, “gays should be put to death.”

The kettle workers photo is a complete and utter fabrication. It is false witness. And, those volunteers don’t deserve to be icons of hate.

The radio comments, however, are of greater concern. It is important to note that the Army around the world immediately rejected those comments and made public statements against them. We stand by the rejection of those comments still. We sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community and to our clients, employees, donors and volunteers for the offence caused by this misrepresentation of the Army’s views.

Here are links to a few of the responses from The Salvation Army in Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland. These were all posted publicly in June 2012, and stand today.

For more than 130 years, The Salvation Army has had the privilege of serving vulnerable people in over 400 communities across Canada. Last year, we helped over 1.8 million people. Many of the people assisted were from the LGBTQ community. And we employ individuals from the LGBTQ community.

We take allegations of discrimination very seriously. If you are aware of a situation where a person has been the target of discrimination, please let us know because this is contrary to our mission.

Our mission is to “share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.” We do this without discrimination. All of our social and community services are equally available. We respond solely based on people’s needs and our capability to serve.


http://www.salvationarmy.ca/2013/09/26/the-salvation-armys-response-to-allegations-of-lgbtq-discrimination/

Romantico! Somehow I missed you posting about Ali Forney. So sorry!

those bells are annoying!

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By those standards I should stop attending church altogether

I did.

which obviously isn't going to happen.

Why? Because you enjoy being told what to do? The church my mother goes to told parishioners to drop their health insurance because the companies covered birth control.

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I propose that every day from now until January 1 we post the link to a charity other than SA. That way we can all see what else is out there and where everyone gives.

I'll post one now and then tomorrow someone else can post another.

http://www.onesimplewish.org/

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Time for a bump of this. Have they changed their stance?

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