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Contents:

• SALVATN ARMY: GAYS NOT ALLOWED
• IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF A SALVATN ARMY BELLRGER'S SIGN ABOUT 'THE GAYS' REAL?
• RENNTRE GRATUE GAY à PARIS, (75)

SALVATN ARMY: GAYS NOT ALLOWED

A 2012 terview wh a Salvatn Army official fanned the flam of ntroversy over that anizatn's stance towards homosexualy.

A Salvatn Army official stated that homosexuals "serve to die. In mid-June 2012, gay pop star Darren Hay ma ments cril of the Salvatn Army's stance regardg homosexualy, referencg that anizatn's posn statement on the subject:.

IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF A SALVATN ARMY BELLRGER'S SIGN ABOUT 'THE GAYS' REAL?

Hay lled for a boytt of the Salvatn Army, tweetg that was "Important for gay people to know the te posn of the Salvatn Army when nsirg who to donate to. Durg that terview, Serena Ryan asked Major Craibe about the Salvatn Army's Handbook of Doctre, which clus reference to a Biblil passage that the Salt and Pepper hosts mataed was nmnatory of homosexuals and lled for them to be punished by ath.

An excerpt om that terview which was wily circulated on the Inter prompted a great al of ntroversy for seemgly showg that Major Craibe agreed wh the ncept that Salvatn Army doctre lled for homosexuals to be put to ath:. Ryan: "If I go and I read that [Handbook of Doctre], and I nnect wh my [homo]sexualy, then that says, acrdg to the Salvatn Army, that I serve ath. (Many transcripts of this terview slightly altered s wordg to make read as though Major Craibe and his terviewers were specifilly talkg about gay parents rather than gays general.

The Salvatn Army's Handbook of Doctre do not specifilly nmn homosexuals and ll for them to be put to ath; rather, the Handbook of Doctre clus some passag that ce a portn of the Bible (Romans 1:18-32) which some sourc terpret as cludg those ncepts. But terpretatns of the referenced portn of Romans vary wily, wh var theologians and wrers argug that nmns anythg om homosexualy to child sexual abe to all non-procreative sex. Nohels, the backlash om the Salt and Pepper terview wh Major Craibe prompted the Salvatn Army to issue a "rponse to qutns raised about [the] terview" which offered an apology for the "mismunitn" and clud the followg answers about the Salvatn Army's stance on the subject of homosexualy:.

RENNTRE GRATUE GAY à PARIS, (75)

Qutn: Do Salvatn Army full members believe, as per the Salvatnist Handbook of Doctre, that practisg homosexuals should be put to ath? Salvatn Army members do not believe, and would never endorse, a view that homosexual activy should rult any form of physil punishment.

The Salvatnist Handbook of Doctre do not state that practisg homosexuals should be put to ath and, fact, urg all Salvatnists to act wh acceptance, love and rpect to all people. Qutn: Why clu your handbook the Romans text om The Bible, which dit that God sists that homosexuals serve to die? The Scripture qutn, viewed s broar ntext, is not referrg to physil ath, nor is specifilly targeted at homosexual behavur.

Qutn: Do you feel you owe an apology or explanatn to all those gay and Lbian volunteers and people your anisatn supports? This em is often circulated onle tanm wh an image showg Salvatn Army bell rgers posg wh a sign readg 'Gays Not Allowed.