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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.
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:.
SALVATN ARMY: GAYS NOT ALLOWED
Image shows Salvatn Army bell rgers posg wh a sign readg 'Gays Not Allowed'? * salvation army against gay rights *
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.