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bzeroFrom bilerico.com --
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As the holidays approach, the Salvation Army bell ringers are out in front of stores dunning shoppers for donations. If you care about gay rights, you'll skip their bucket in favor of a charity that doesn't actively discriminate against the LGBT community.
The Salvation Army has a history of active discrimination against gays and lesbians. While you might think you're helping the hungry and homeless by dropping a few dollars in the bright red buckets, not everyone can share in the donations. Many LGBT people are rejected by the evangelical church charity because they're "sexually impure."
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Date: 2012-11-17 01:32 am (UTC)i had a second cousin (my dad's cousin) who was an alcoholic. the salvation army gave him a place to stay, got him through over a year of sobriety and helped him find a job that wasnt roughneck work, since he couldnt do that any longer. (he had roughnecked all his adult life, till a chain wrapped around drilling pipe took his right thumb completely OFF. he was able to have a rebuild from bone grafted from his pelvic bone, and so had use of the hand again, but he no longer had dexterity like he did, which contributed to his depression and drinking.)
so yeah. i know they do SOME good. but they also have a long history of assholery, and once i found out about *that*, i stopped shopping there...which sucked because it puts them with less money for the people they DO help, you know? there are NO winners in that situation at all. on the other hand, the fucking bell ringing gives me a goddamned headache if i'm lucky and it doesnt trigger a migraine. *eyeroll*
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Date: 2012-11-17 06:07 pm (UTC)Glad they helped your cousin, tho. =)
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Date: 2012-11-18 02:16 am (UTC)hell, i'll even go to church run shops because i know they help people even if i'm not of their particular religious bent. :)
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