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Contents:
- SALVATN ARMY: GAYS NOT ALLOWED
- DO THE SALVATN ARMY DISCRIMATE AGAST GAYS?
- GAY RIGHTS AND THE SALVATN ARMY
SALVATN ARMY: GAYS NOT ALLOWED
* salvation army opposes gay rights *
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. 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.
DO THE SALVATN ARMY DISCRIMATE AGAST GAYS?
The high rat of homelsns among LGBTQ youth are often due to homophobia their fai or their muni. “Supportg the Salvatn Army this season, whether by tossg your change their red kettl or donatg your ed goods to their rale shops, means assistg an aggrsively anti-gay church furtherg s goals of discrimatn, ” Jon wrote.
As Vox and others have reported, the anizatn is officially welg, but s members and lears still firmly oppose marriage equaly and genr inty, and make no secret of their homophobic and transphobic relig beliefs. In 2019, Out Magaze offered s rears 7 Organizatns to Support that Aren’t the Homophobic Salvatn Army. 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.
GAY RIGHTS AND THE SALVATN ARMY
(The anizatn apologized and said the lear had not accurately nveyed s views on homosexualy.
Some are trated their anti-gay reputatn still sticks. Earlier this month Out magaze knocked Democratic printial ndidate Pete Buttigieg, who is gay, for participatg Salvatn Army events as mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Attacks om gay rights groups are one thg.
Ne years ago, the Bay Area Reporter, the “newspaper of rerd” for San Francis’s large gay and lbian muny, published an edorial urgg rears not to drop a dime to the Salvatn Army’s red kettl.