Anti gay salvation army
Several years ago, I began bypassing the Salvation Army bell-ringers and stopped putting money in the ubiquitous red Christmas kettle, a holiday fixture in 2,000 stores and street corners across Canada.
Yes, the Salvation Army helps the destitute by running food banks and offering emergency relief, addiction rehab, and clothing and shelter for people in need — and it’s been doing so in Canada since 1882. But it also has a long history of discriminating against the LGBTQ2 community.
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Like many conservative organizations, the Salvation Army adheres to a theology that considers same-sex attracted sex sinful. It has denounced marriage equality as a threat to religious freedom, vigorously fought against policies extending health benefits to same-sex partners and referred gay individuals to conversion therapy. In 1986, it campaigned to retain the criminalization of homosexuality in New Zealand. It eventually apologized 20 years later.
One of the most disturbing incidents was a 2012 Australian radio interview with a media agent who said he agreed with Romans 1:18-32, which calls for homosexuals to be put to death. “That’s part of
On March 31st, 2024, President Joe Biden received backlash from anti-LGBTQ activists for posting about Gender nonconforming Day of Public presence. Speaker of the United States Home of Representatives, Mike Johnson, accused President Biden for betraying the “central tenet of Easter” by “proclaiming Eastern Sunday as ‘Transgender Day.’”
Contrary to popular faith, Transgender Day of Visibility is on March 31st every year, whereas the date of Easter varies depending on the lunar calendar. President Biden also did not announce March 31st as the Transgender Date of Visibility. The day was actually created in 2009 by Rachel Crandall-Crocker, a transgender activist and the founder of Transgender Michigan. Taking to Facebook, she called for a day committed to recognizing trans people and urged people worldwide to organize events in their hometowns. Since then, millions worldwide observe Transgender Evening of Visibility on March 31st to celebrate the lives of transgender people while shedding illuminated on the discrimination and hate faced by transgender people. When anti-LGBTQ extremists claim that President Biden established the Trans Day of Visibility, they’re not just wrong — they also diminish the
NYCLU Sues Salvation Army for Religious Discrimination Against Employees in Government-Funded Social Services for Children
Affiliate: ACLU of New York
February 24, 2004 12:00 am
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK -- The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit in federal court charging The Salvation Army with religious discrimination against employees in its government-funded social services in New York Capital and on Distant Island.
"This case is not about the right of the Salvation Army to practice or promote its religion. They have every right to perform so, but not with government money," said Donna Lieberman, Executive Director of the NYCLU. "The Salvation Army cannot use taxpayer wealth to practice religious discrimination against its social services employees."
The Salvation Army provides social services for more than 2,000 children each sunlight who are placed with the philanthropy by the government. The programs are funded almost exclusively by taxpayer wealth. The agency receives $89 million in taxpayer funds for social services and employs about 800 people.
The case arose after The Salvation Army beg
LGBT Statement
The following statement is The Salvation Army Northern Division’s response to false accusations claiming that The Salvation Army discriminates against the LGBT community and pays lobbyists to fight against their interests.
- The Salvation Army is open and inclusive to all people. Anyone who comes through our doors will collect help based on their depend on and our capacity to assist. We annually serve around 30 million Americans from a variety of backgrounds – we act not pick and choose who we serve based on religion, sexual orientation or any other factor. This promise to work for goes to the core of our beliefs as laid out in our organizational Mission Statement: “The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.”
- Any instance of discrimination is in direct opposition to our core beliefs and is against all of our policies.
- It is not The Salvation Army’s exercise to spend funds on lobbying. The Salvation Army i