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. In talkg to Atralian queer journalists Serena Ryan and Pete Dillon on their Salt and Pepper rad show (d below which was picked up by Tth Ws Out's John Becker), Major Andrew Craibe, a media relatns director for one of the anizatn's Atralian branch, had this exchange wh the hosts:
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SALVATN ARMY OFFICIAL: GAYS DERVE DEATH
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 and gay pride *
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.
Would-be donors should nsir whether "dog the most good" might mean supportg one of the many other effective and reputable chari that provi for the needy whout engagg anti-gay beliefs, polici, or polil activi. * salvation army and gay pride *
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. 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.
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.
Found over 150 years ago, the Salvatn Army has anized lns of people the service of Christian chary. However, the group's gay history is plited. There are a dozen or so s of directly discrimatg agast LGBT people, firg an employee bee of her bisexualy, remendg nversn therapy for LGBT youth, and refg to ply wh anti-LGBT discrimatn ordanc San Francis. Follow The Advote for more about this anizatn's troubled rerd. * salvation army and gay pride *
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.