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Contents:
- SALVATN ARMY DENI IT'S ANTI-GAY AFTER LGBT WEBSE SURFAC CONTROVERSIAL INTERNAL DOCUMENTS
- SALVATN ARMY'S POSN ON GAYS STIRS CONTROVERSY
- IS THE SALVATN ARMY WIPG OUT S ANTI-GAY RHETORIC?
SALVATN ARMY DENI IT'S ANTI-GAY AFTER LGBT WEBSE SURFAC CONTROVERSIAL INTERNAL DOCUMENTS
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'S POSN ON GAYS STIRS CONTROVERSY
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.
IS THE SALVATN ARMY WIPG OUT S ANTI-GAY RHETORIC?
The Salvatn Army claimed that their tent was not to discrimate agast hirg gays and lbians, but wanted to ensure that they did not have to orda gay misters. The issue that the Army had was wh hirg gay employe. When asked about their reason for not wantg to hire gay misters, Senr Official of the Salvatn Army, Gee Hood, said that " really begs to chew away at the theologil fabric of who we are.
A 2012 terview wh a Salvatn Army official fanned the flam of ntroversy over that anizatn's stance towards homosexualy.