jumpingjacktrash:stfuconservatives:autumnyte:(Rebloggable version of this reply, per request.)Well,
jumpingjacktrash:stfuconservatives:autumnyte:(Rebloggable version of this reply, per request.)Well, here’s the deal, anon. The Salvation Army is an evangelical Christian group, and they impose those beliefs on the people that they employ and the communities they serve. Here are a few examples:They are so opposed to LGBT rights that they have lobbied multiple times for exemptions from Federal and Local anti-discrimination laws, and threatened to withdraw their services. They refused to provide shelter to a homeless gay couple, unless they broke up and renounced their homosexuality. They refused to provide a transgender woman with shelter that was congruent with her gender presentation, instead insisting she house with men. She chose instead to sleep on the sidewalk and died from the cold. Speaking of gender, there was also this charming incident where one of their hostels refused to open the door for a 17-year-old victim who had just been brutally raped (or even call the police for her) because that particular hostel had a strict “men only” policy.Children who can’t prove their immigration status are turned away.The organization also disposes of any Harry Potter or Twilight related donations (rather than giving them to other charities), because they claim the toys are “incompatible with the charity’s Christian beliefs”. During the Bush Administration (thanks to ‘faith-based initiatives’) they fired about 20 long-time employees (Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Gay), simply for refusing to sign the organization’s statement of Christian belief. So, that—in a nutshell—is what’s wrong with it.Winter is coming… and so are their buckets. Remember this when they’re bothering you for change.you also might explain the problem to the bell-ringers. they probably don’t all know what kind of uncharitable charity they’re supporting. i’m thinking of making a printout to hand them.I’ll probably be the only dissenting voice here, saying that while I disagree with their positions and deplore discrimination, they have a certain autonomy as a faith-based organization. While I believe faith-based organizations should provide information on other charities that will allow gays to live as a couple under their roof (or, in cases of medical organizations, provide information on places that will perform abortions), as organizations founded by religious people to carry out religiously-motivated work, they deserve religious freedom. If you disagree with them, by all means don’t donate and certainly tell others what you disagree with. But don’t force them to abandon what makes them unique, in forcing them to abandon a basic set of religious tenants.A video on the subject to be posted soon, since it’s much more coherent than I. (And again, I don’t agree with some positions embraced by certain religious charities, but I do know how deeply held their convictions can be; and I support their right to obey their consciences if they are not imposing their beliefs in the public sphere.) -- source link
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