In case you've forgotten, the holiday season is fast upon us. That means the Salvation Army bell ringers will be out in full force dunning shoppers for donations meant to help the needy and destitute. Unfortunately, the Salvation Army won't assist everyone - only those they deem sufficiently worthy.
When a former boyfriend and I were homeless, the Salvation Army refused to help us unless we broke up and left the "sinful homosexual lifestyle" behind. We slept on the street and they didn't help when we declined to break up at their insistence. I've seen the discrimination the Salvation Army preaches first hand.
Need more examples? Check out the video after the jump for a laundry list of anti-gay policies and positions the Salvation Army has taken. You'll probably be shocked - and you definitely won't put any more coins in those big red buckets.
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/11/why_you_shouldnt_give_to_the_salvation_army.php
I never knew about this before . I am shocked .
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ReplyDeleteThe Salvation Army is refusing to distribute Harry Potter and Twighlight toys collected for needy children, saying they’re incompatible with the charity’s Christian beliefs.
That’s alarmed a Calgarian who volunteered to sift through a southeast warehouse full of unused, donated items and said he was told by Salvation Army officials that the two genres of toys are “disposed of” and not given to other charities.
“I asked if these toys went to another charitable organizations but was told ‘no’ that by passing these toys on to another agency for distribution would be supporting these toys,” said the man, who wouldn’t give his name due to his occupation.
The man called himself an admirer of the Salvation Army and was impressed by the massive quantity of toys collected in city malls, schools and police stations through the Toy Mountain campaign.
But he questioned why the charity would be sifting out toys with the Harry Potter and Twilight names, which involve sorcery and vampire themes respectively.
“I was told to withhold a six-inch Harry Potter figure but when I picked up a plastic M-16, I was told ‘that’s for the 10-year-olds,’” he said.
“I was shocked ... war-themed toys and toys from TV shows and movies with far more violence than Harry Potter and these were considered appropriate toys?”
The Sally Ann does refuse to distribute the Twilight and Harry Potter toy series because of their wizardry, vampire and werewolf content, said Capt. Pam Goodyear.
“The Salvation Army is based on Christian principles so these things are not in line with those,” said Goodyear.
But she said the charity delivers those toys to other agencies that then distribute them.
“They’re distributed in another manner where parents can choose,” she said, though she couldn’t name any of those other agencies.
And she said it has been Sally Ann policy not to distribute war toys like plastic guns, though many of those decisions are made by the local ministry unit operating the warehouse.
Goodyear said the charity should inform donors which toys it chooses not to distribute.
“There are always learning opportunities,” she said.
“But in my 20 years with the Salvation Army, this has never been an issue,” she said.
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2010/12/08/16477556.html
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ReplyDeleteI am deeply shocked about these revelations , I was a believer in the Salvation Army but now I am not so sure about their policies anymore.
Thanks for the reminder and for enlightening those who are in the dark. I stopped donating to the S.A. years ago. Happy holidays, Mr. Glenn.
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