Posted on 12/15/2017 5:51:30 PM PST by marshmallow
Deep in the heart of Trump country, the Salvation Army’s ubiquitous red kettle is turning into a cauldron of controversy for Sen. George Logan.
An Ansonia Republican, Logan’s volunteer work as a bell-ringer outside a Walmart in Naugatuck for the Salvation Army, which is a Christian charity, has drawn opposition from a secularist group.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation called on Logan to keep up the separation between church and state. The group wrote to him Tuesday to voice its objections to him ringing the bell outside the big box store twice this week, including an appearance scheduled for Saturday at noon.
The flap recalls past controversies involving the Salvation Army’s red kettles, which were banned outside Target stores a decade ago. The retailer’s non-solicitation policy generated a significant backlash at the time, even though Target makes charitable contributions to the Salvation Army.
“We urge you to consider supporting only secular charities in the future,” the Madison, Wisc., group wrote Logan. “This will ensure that representatives do not give the appearance of promoting an overtly Christian mission and will prevent citizens from feeling ostracized by their elected representatives because of their religious beliefs or sexual preference.”
Logan will be pulling double duty for the Salvation Army Saturday, manning a kettle outside Walmart in Hamden in the morning.
“I think it’s kind of sad to politicize charity work,” Logan said. “The Salvation Army is trying to raise money to provide food, clothing and, in some cases, shelter for people.”
In 2016, the Naugatuck Valley, which Logan represents, overwhelming went for Donald Trump, whose “We’re Saying Merry Christmas Again” refrain resonated with many voters in the blue-collar region.
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The Red cross does not seem to be God based charity anymore where as the salvation army has not turned from God. I believe that is why liberals Attack the Salvation army, but love the red cross.
Thanks marshmallow. The Freedom from Religion org should be prosecuted under the RICO Act.
“These guys can go to hell.”
Can and will.
FFRF atheists need their bell rung.
Democrat politicians can have illicit sexual escapades, run male prostitution rings out of their homes, etc., and that’s OK. It’s nobody’s business what they do on their own time.
But helping out a Christian charity on his own time? Unforgivable!
Interesting how the liberal maniacs took one sentence out of a letter and applied it to the Constitution.
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