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Contents:

• SALVATN ARMY ATRALIA APOLOGIZ FOR OFFICIAL'S ANTI-GAY MENTS
• IS THE SALVATN ARMY ANTI-GAY? A CLOSER LOOK
• MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE
• HURRINE KATRA'S STGGLG BLACK GAY COMMUNY
• SALVATN ARMY IN CHIGO REPORTS 13 PERCENT DECLE IN DONATNS; ANTI-GAY STANCE AT ROOT?

SALVATN ARMY ATRALIA APOLOGIZ FOR OFFICIAL'S ANTI-GAY MENTS

This mment is nsistent wh Internatnal Headquarters’ statement that we stand agast homophobia, which victimiz people and n rerce feelgs of alienatn, lonels and spair. Acrdg to the Library of Parliament, nversn therapy has s roots the 19th century, a time when same-sex sexual activy was a crime and homosexualy was unrstood as a mental illns. In addn, ex-gay mistri, most notably Exod Internatnal, veloped the 1970s an effort to help people rencile their same-sex attractn wh their nservative relig beliefs.

Likewise, some former ex-gay mistri have done the same. Further, as nfirmed by Internatnal Headquarters, we stand agast homophobia, which victimiz people and n rerce feelgs of alienatn, lonels and spair.

IS THE SALVATN ARMY ANTI-GAY? A CLOSER LOOK

's "loss of moral pass" bee, they say, is very clear that "Homosexualy is a s... It is a fact that homosexuals are on average no morally different om heterosexuals, their marriage do not hurt or e any more problem than heterosexual marriag, except, maybe to those who believe their "moraly" should be imposed on everyone else.

I have been watchg to see if the Army would stand for Biblil prcipl re: homosexualy bee I have cid that if I see them followg the other male church lead, I will be renouncg my soldiership!

Sce no one who wrote what end up the sacred book we ll the bible uld possibly have known there was such a thg as a homosexual orientatn, any sfulns we attempt to attach to sexual activy wh the LGBTQ+ muny is a rult of ntamatg the origal tent of the wrer wh our own cultural misunrstandgs, which as a society we are overg.

MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE

Thank God for gay marriage?. I met SA parents of gay sons who were angered and ightened by sermons which ntaed homophobic ments or suggtns that their gay sons need nversn therapy. Some who read this will wre off as beg homophobic or narrow md.

You should never nflate homophobia wh matag Biblil standards and promotg the holy liftyle of Christ. It is the kd of bias that leads people to make ments here that unfairly says that the Bible discs homosexualy great tail.

There are only a few vers the entire Bible that people n pot to – the famo ‘clobber passag’ – that allegedly nmn homosexualy. Our first doctre says:We believe that the Scriptur of the Old and New Ttaments were given by the spiratn of God and that THEY ONLY nstute the Dive le of Christian fah & Practice" Both the Old and New Ttaments discs homosexualy great tail and both say they are agast the will of God While is te that J weled everyone, that's not the whole story! While is difficult to actually measure the cince of homosexualy a given society, one n safely assume that there are more than a ‘ty mory’.

HURRINE KATRA'S STGGLG BLACK GAY COMMUNY

And as we have wnsed already this disurse there are a good number of salvatnists (current and former) who intify as gay and many many more who are stgglg! An openly proud gay male, who has no tentn of ever enterg back to a private closet, or space for or over a nomatn. This is the first opportuny I have had to publicly ment on the hurt I endured as a young ‘ the closet’ gay Salvatnist and so I will gladly take advantage of As per my earlier ment I no longer subscribe the the S.

Maybe ’s bee I have had personal nversatns wh our current General and Canadian Commissner about my sexualy and homosexualy general.

Homosexualy is a is very clear. This do not mean we hate homosexuals, we hate their s. After g out as gay my late 30’s, I was told outright, by orr om THQ Canada, that I was no longer allowed to be a band or songster member bee I was gay, which was clearly discrimatn (see bullet pot 5) It took me several years to fally fully accept myself, reject the Salvatn Army and s beliefs.

SALVATN ARMY IN CHIGO REPORTS 13 PERCENT DECLE IN DONATNS; ANTI-GAY STANCE AT ROOT?

A’s stance on Bill C-6 is a step the right directn, I feel obliged to remd the Salvatn Army that Homosexual civil unn has been legal Canada sce 2002 and the S. Has yet to officially regnize gay marriage.

To speak of acceptg LGBTQ+ dividuals as legimate members of their ngregatn yet refe to nduct, or accept, gay marriage is, of urse, hypocril and still fosters a sense of shame and equaly; not even to mentn the two-tiered soldier vs.

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.