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LGBT Activists Urge Christmas Shoppers To Boycott Salvation Army Donations
CBS) | December 5, 2011 11:22 AM

Posted on 12/05/2011 12:28:01 PM PST by BenLurkin

Gay and lesbian activists have accused the Salvation Army of discrimination against homosexuals because of its affirmation of traditional marriage and other Biblical viewpoints.

Its statement of faith does affirm that “there is no scriptural support for same-sex unions as equal to, or as an alternative to, heterosexual marriage” — a position that has one LGBT activist urging people to skip giving to the Army altogether.

“We are urging a boycott of the Salvation Army because it uses its selective interpretation of the Bible to promote discrimination against LGBT people in employment benefits and leadership positions within the Army,” said Andy Thayer, co-founder of the Gay Liberation Network.

On its website, the Salvation Army offers its services to anyone “without regard to sexual orientation”.

“While the words are nice, their actions speak volumes,” said Bill Browning, editor-in-chief of the influential LGBT blog The Bilerico Project. “They blatantly ignore the position statement and deny LGBT people services unless they renounce their sexuality, end same-sex relationships.”

But with more shoppers still unsure about the economic recovery, such a boycott could have a devastating impact on donations that were already down as much as 10 percent after the official start on Thanksgiving Day.

“It’s a sad day in America when gay rights become more important than giving to the needy,” said Brad Dacus, president of Pacific Justice Institute.

“Here’s a better idea,” he added. “The next time you pass a Salvation Army bell-ringer, why not thank the volunteer and put a little extra in the kettle to make up for the LGBT grinches who will not be giving this year?”


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To: BenLurkin

So the Lubricious Glitter-Ball Trendies are posing that timeless question, “What about ME?”

It is to laugh.


21 posted on 12/05/2011 12:42:18 PM PST by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: BenLurkin

This will only make me increase what I give to them.


22 posted on 12/05/2011 12:42:24 PM PST by DarthVader (That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
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To: BenLurkin

You can be sure the SA’s administrative overhead is a fraction of the Red Cross and other charitable groups.


23 posted on 12/05/2011 12:42:28 PM PST by AU72
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To: BenLurkin

We have a cash only policy and I always drop my coins into the buckets on my way out of the store. I now am adding a bill to it as well.


24 posted on 12/05/2011 12:42:28 PM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: BenLurkin

No problem.

Methinks not many of us donate to LGBT funds either.


25 posted on 12/05/2011 12:43:31 PM PST by Da Coyote (Liberalism - when you absolutely, positively have no ability to produce wealth.)
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To: BenLurkin

Time to visit a donation kettle! KMA LBGT! Oh, wait. Never mind! Their follow through just would be too much to bare!


26 posted on 12/05/2011 12:44:31 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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To: BenLurkin
"LGBT Activists Urge Christmas Shoppers To Boycott Salvation Army Donations"

Great! I'll make a point to donate some more to the Salvation Army. They make a much more positive difference in the lives of people than groups obsessing over each others genitals.

27 posted on 12/05/2011 12:44:34 PM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: BenLurkin

bump


28 posted on 12/05/2011 12:45:08 PM PST by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: BenLurkin

When tens of thousands of gay, lesbian, and transgendered people work tirelessly for the poor, when they spend year after year feeding the homeless in soup kitchens, when they create magnificent institutions helping the decrepit and those facing disaster, and they do it for free and with a smile... maybe I’ll take them seriously.

I would say they can kiss my ass, but that’s a needless provocation for some of those folks.

Trading the Salvation Army for recreational sex is not just stupid. It’s downright evil. How dare they even suggest it.


29 posted on 12/05/2011 12:45:21 PM PST by redpoll
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To: O6ret

I’ve never donated to the SA before, but that just changed today.


30 posted on 12/05/2011 12:47:27 PM PST by Arm_Bears (Once they've called you a racist, you've got nothing to lose.)
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To: BenLurkin

I’ll be slippin’ a little something extra into those red kettles this year. :-)


31 posted on 12/05/2011 12:49:32 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: Jim Robinson
I'm glad I read that before I picked up my coffee.
32 posted on 12/05/2011 12:49:41 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: BenLurkin

The Salvation Army is the ONLY group I donate to at Christmas and Thanksgiving.


33 posted on 12/05/2011 12:50:37 PM PST by varina davis (We grow too soon old and too late smart -- Pennsylvania Dutch adage)
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To: BenLurkin
Will have to double down my donation this year.

They blatantly ignore the position statement and deny LGBT people services unless they renounce their sexuality...

I am so sick of this LGBT bs!

Lesbian=homosexual, Gay=homosexual, Bisexual=homosexual, Transgendered=nothing, this last one really gets me. Sorry freaks, but there is no such thing.......

/Rant off.

34 posted on 12/05/2011 12:50:46 PM PST by Envisioning ( Call me a racist................, one more time......................)
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To: kidd

make up for the LGBT grinches who will not be giving this year?”

Does anyone really think that the sodomites give any material amount to the Salvation Army? Of course they don’t. The press release was just a tactic for some sodomite organization to get a little free press.


35 posted on 12/05/2011 12:53:24 PM PST by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: BenLurkin

“Bailif, whack their pee pees!”


36 posted on 12/05/2011 12:53:46 PM PST by budwiesest (It's that girl from Alaska, again.)
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To: BenLurkin

Well then, I’ll just give more.


37 posted on 12/05/2011 12:55:06 PM PST by fullchroma
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To: BenLurkin

We give to the Salvation Army every year. Certainly better than pissing your money away with the Red Cross.


38 posted on 12/05/2011 12:55:06 PM PST by youngidiot (Hear Hear!)
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To: BenLurkin

Always an even better idea to give, when a liberal organizations tells us not to.


39 posted on 12/05/2011 12:55:14 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: BenLurkin
Those LGBT types can just kiss my..

oops..nope.. not that one..

"Suck it up.."

...no.. hmmm...

"Blow it out their..."

...Dang, not that one either..

"Shove it up their.."

arrghhh!!..

"Get bent!"...

..nope.. not that one!...

None of the standard responses will do if they actually WANT it to happen!!!

40 posted on 12/05/2011 12:56:52 PM PST by ScottinVA (I miss America.)
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