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Contents:
- ANDREW CRAIBE, SALVATN ARMY OFFICIAL, IMPLI GAYS SHOULD BE PUT TO DEATH IN INTERVIEW
- SALVATN ARMY: GAYS NOT ALLOWED
- SALVATN ARMY OFFICIAL: GAYS DERVE DEATH
- SALVATN ARMY ATRALIA APOLOGIZ FOR OFFICIAL'S ANTI-GAY MENTS
- SALVOS BACK AWAY OM ANTI-GAY MENTS
- A TERRIBLE SERMON: PATRIARCH OF MOSW BLS “METAPHYSIL” WAR AGAST THE “WORLD OF GAY PRIS”
ANDREW CRAIBE, SALVATN ARMY OFFICIAL, IMPLI GAYS SHOULD BE PUT TO DEATH IN INTERVIEW
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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. 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. Many Salvatn Army shelters do help LGBTQ people — but crics say harm-rctn servic don’t make up for anti-gay lobbyg.
SALVATN ARMY: GAYS NOT ALLOWED
Salvatn Army Apologiz After Asie Official Impli Gays Should Be Put To Death In Interview * salvation army gay remarks *
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. A 2012 terview wh a Salvatn Army official fanned the flam of ntroversy over that anizatn's stance towards homosexualy. A Salvatn Army official stated that homosexuals "serve to die.
SALVATN ARMY OFFICIAL: GAYS DERVE DEATH
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In mid-June 2012, gay pop star Darren Hay ma ments cril of the Salvatn Army's stance regardg homosexualy, referencg that anizatn's posn statement on the subject:. Hay lled for a boytt of the Salvatn Army, tweetg that was "Important for gay people to know the te posn of the Salvatn Army when nsirg who to donate to. Durg that terview, Serena Ryan asked Major Craibe about the Salvatn Army's Handbook of Doctre, which clus reference to a Biblil passage that the Salt and Pepper hosts mataed was nmnatory of homosexuals and lled for them to be punished by ath.
An excerpt om that terview which was wily circulated on the Inter prompted a great al of ntroversy for seemgly showg that Major Craibe agreed wh the ncept that Salvatn Army doctre lled for homosexuals to be put to ath:. Ryan: "If I go and I read that [Handbook of Doctre], and I nnect wh my [homo]sexualy, then that says, acrdg to the Salvatn Army, that I serve ath.
(Many transcripts of this terview slightly altered s wordg to make read as though Major Craibe and his terviewers were specifilly talkg about gay parents rather than gays general. The Salvatn Army's Handbook of Doctre do not specifilly nmn homosexuals and ll for them to be put to ath; rather, the Handbook of Doctre clus some passag that ce a portn of the Bible (Romans 1:18-32) which some sourc terpret as cludg those ncepts.
SALVATN ARMY ATRALIA APOLOGIZ FOR OFFICIAL'S ANTI-GAY MENTS
Jt time to Gay Pri month, a media relatns director for the Salvatn Army had no problem remdg and the queer journalists he was talkg to that gays should be put to ath. * salvation army gay remarks *
But terpretatns of the referenced portn of Romans vary wily, wh var theologians and wrers argug that nmns anythg om homosexualy to child sexual abe to all non-procreative sex. Nohels, the backlash om the Salt and Pepper terview wh Major Craibe prompted the Salvatn Army to issue a "rponse to qutns raised about [the] terview" which offered an apology for the "mismunitn" and clud the followg answers about the Salvatn Army's stance on the subject of homosexualy:.
Qutn: Do Salvatn Army full members believe, as per the Salvatnist Handbook of Doctre, that practisg homosexuals should be put to ath?
SALVOS BACK AWAY OM ANTI-GAY MENTS
Salvatn Army members do not believe, and would never endorse, a view that homosexual activy should rult any form of physil punishment. The Salvatnist Handbook of Doctre do not state that practisg homosexuals should be put to ath and, fact, urg all Salvatnists to act wh acceptance, love and rpect to all people.
A TERRIBLE SERMON: PATRIARCH OF MOSW BLS “METAPHYSIL” WAR AGAST THE “WORLD OF GAY PRIS”
Qutn: Why clu your handbook the Romans text om The Bible, which dit that God sists that homosexuals serve to die? The Scripture qutn, viewed s broar ntext, is not referrg to physil ath, nor is specifilly targeted at homosexual behavur.
Qutn: Do you feel you owe an apology or explanatn to all those gay and Lbian volunteers and people your anisatn supports? This em is often circulated onle tanm wh an image showg Salvatn Army bell rgers posg wh a sign readg 'Gays Not Allowed.
For s, they’ve acced Salvatnsts of nyg some servic to same-sex upl, advotg agast gay rights and adherg to a tradnal theology that nsirs gay sex sful. Cricism of the army among LGBTQ supporters peaked 2012 when a church lear told an Atralia rad program that gay people should be put to ath. (The anizatn apologized and said the lear had not accurately nveyed s views on homosexualy.