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The organization has websites that seek to debunk its anti-LGBTQ reputation, and posted testimonials to YouTube from both volunteers and members of the community helped by the Salvation Army.More than two months ago, I wrote about the courtyard near Colt and Grey in the South Platte neighborhood. So that is why the Salvation Army serves everyone." "The Salvation Army has a mission statement which is very simple: to proclaim the gospel, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, and meet human needs in his name, without discrimination.
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We don't oppose anything, we endorse things that help people," Hodder told BAR. "The Salvation Army advocates for people. 2019 that the agency isn't "anti anyone, I should say, we are for everyone," and doesn't advocate against anything. When asked if the Salvation Army continues to be against same-sex marriage, Hodder told the Bay Area Reporter in Dec. “That’s also true of the leaders of most churches around the world.” “It’s true that the Salvation Army’s pastoral leaders, who subscribe to the international tenets of the church on which we are founded, do themselves adhere to a traditional biblical definition of marriage,” wrote Hodder’s predecessor, now retired Commander David Hudson in a 2019 op-ed in USA Today. “We don’t ask anyone their orientation, identity or beliefs, to help ensure that they feel welcome and safe,” said Krueger.Īs Vox and others have reported, the organization is officially welcoming, but its members and leaders still firmly oppose marriage equality and gender identity, and make no secret of their homophobic and transphobic religious beliefs. “Our doors are, and always have been, open to all,” Krueger claimed in an email. “The Salvation Army provides all of our services, including but not limited to: food, shelter and support of survivors of human trafficking according to one’s gender identity,” said Laura Krueger, the director of public relations and marketing for the Salvation Army Southern New England Division, serving Connecticut and Rhode Island. The organization’s response: “We love and serve everyone.” But one year ago this week, when Chick-fil-A distanced itself from the organization because of its anti-LGBTQ reputation, mainstream outlets such as CNN, Vox and USA Today started asking the question: Has the Salvation Army changed its anti-LGBTQ ways? These reports serve to counter the mainstream media’s glowing coverage of red kettles, smiling Santas and cheery bell-ringers. In 2017, Think Progress reported on more allegations of discrimination against trans people, this time at the Salvation Army’s substance abuse center in New York City. “Supporting the Salvation Army this season, whether by tossing your change in their red kettles or donating your used goods to their resale shops, means assisting an aggressively anti-gay church in furthering its goals of discrimination,” Jones wrote.
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Often the critical reports link to trans activist and writer Zinnia Jones’ 2013 piece in the HuffPost, updated in 2016, outlining 27 years of anti-LGBTQ incidents. The organization’s reputation and its l ong and horrid history of discrimination is reported in LGBTQ media each and every holiday season. Let’s be clear: The view of the vast majority of the LGBTQ community is nothing at all like that of the cisgender straight world.
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But will the Salvation Army help all those people, even those who are LGBTQ?