Image shows Salvatn Army bell rgers posg wh a sign readg 'Gays Not Allowed'?
Contents:
- GAY RIGHTS AND THE SALVATN ARMY
- SALVATN ARMY: GAYS NOT ALLOWED
- ELLIE GOULDG, SALVATN ARMY CLASH OVER GAY RIGHTS AND HALFTIME PERFORMANCE
GAY RIGHTS AND THE SALVATN ARMY
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Time and time aga, the anizatn ni havg anti-gay bias, even though the paper trail documentg anti-gay stanc go back s. A brief history of the Salvatn Army’s alleged anti-gay csadg.
SALVATN ARMY: GAYS NOT ALLOWED
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In 2011, the New York Tim terviewed a man who claimed the Salvatn Army nied him and his boyiend shelter the ‘90s “unls we broke up and then left the ‘sful homosexual liftyle’ behd, ” the man, Bill Browng, said. The Tim also published the Salvatn Army’s “Posn Statement” on homosexualy, which has sce been leted om the anizatn’s webse:. Homosexual nduct, like heterosexual nduct, requir dividual rponsibily and mt be guid by the light of scriptural teachg.
ELLIE GOULDG, SALVATN ARMY CLASH OVER GAY RIGHTS AND HALFTIME PERFORMANCE
Many Salvatn Army shelters do help LGBTQ people — but crics say harm-rctn servic don’t make up for anti-gay lobbyg. In his recent op-ed, Hudson explaed that even if some Salvatn Army lears are themselv anti-gay, their personal beliefs are outweighed by the servic the anizatn provis to at-risk LGBTQ people.
In other words, the Salvatn Army do provi lifavg servic, cludg food and shelter, to LGBTQ people facg homelsns, but also appears to have no problem wh s learship potentially exprsg homophobic views that help ntribute to broar discrimatn agast LGBTQ people. The high rat of homelsns among LGBTQ youth are often due to homophobia their fai or their muni.