[Summit] Salvation Army

Fri Feb 24 05:01:28 UTC 2012

In checking things out I was quite surprised about the  conduct of the 
organization in question...and will be sure-that whatever I  decide to giveaway 
goes to the needy-especially in these difficult economic  times for so so 
many......

In a message dated 2/23/2012 7:55:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
gerritt at mindspring.com writes:

The SNA used to send leftovers from the neighborhood yard sale to them  
because there was no place else that we could just drop it off the day of the  
yard sale.  I bring flyers about Buy Nothing Day to them because it  serves 
some of the same clientele they serve.  I once stayed in their  mission in 
Spokane after I got out of the emergency room at 2 in the morning.  If there 
is anyone skeptical of their religion and appalled by their  social 
philosophies , it is me.  But it does not mean that I will not  bring them flyers 
for Buy Nothing Day or remember that some of their clients  need their 
services.  But I mostly stay away.  Greg gerritt

From: Lisa Rigby <_iris.rigby at gmail.com_ (mailto:iris.rigby at gmail.com) >
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:44:52  -0500
To: Theresa Mathiesen <_elvamath at gmail.com_ (mailto:elvamath at gmail.com) >
Cc: Summit Neighborhood <_summit at sna.providence.ri.us_ 
(mailto:summit at sna.providence.ri.us) >,  Michael McGlynn <_mmcglynn at gmail.com_ 
(mailto:mmcglynn at gmail.com) >
Subject: Re: [Summit] Salvation  Army

Yes I know it's surprising, but it's true - the Salvation Army  
discriminates against LGBT people. They are an evangelical Christian  organization and 
it goes against their beliefs. I only recently found this out  myself. They 
_post  their stance on their website_ 
(http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf/0/B6F3F4DF3150F5B585257434004C177D?Opendocument) , where they 
quote scripture. They were  also _sued  a few years ago _ 
(http://www.aclu.org/religion-belief/nyclu-sues-salvation-army-religious-discrimination-against-
employees-government-fund) for forcing employees to identify their 
religious  affiliation, and then authorize their religious leaders to share private  
information to the Salvation Army.

I have donated to them many times and we often shop there for what-not  
around the house items. But it has been all over the news in the past few  
months about how they discriminate against LGBT people. Even before this came  
up in the Summit email list, I had already decided that we needed to stop  
donating to them. If you just Google around you'll find tons of recent news  
links. Here are a few: 

    *   NY Times: 
_http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/us/beliefs-salvation-army-hears-dissent-over-gay-views.html_ 
(http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/us/beliefs-salvation-army-hears-dissent-over-gay-views.html)    
    *   MSNBC: 
_http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/01/9143097-gay-groups-boycott-salvation-army-red-kettle-drive_ 
(http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/01/9143097-gay-groups-boycott-salvation-army-red-kettle-drive) 
Best,

Lisa Rigby

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Theresa Mathiesen  <_elvamath at gmail.com_ 
(mailto:elvamath at gmail.com) > wrote:

I've heard this before... a source would be useful and  appreciated.

Elva Mathiesen

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:25 PM,  Michael McGlynn <_mmcglynn at gmail.com_ 
(mailto:mmcglynn at gmail.com) >  wrote:
>>>the anti-LGBT, anti-women's rights Salvation  Army<<
>
> It would be helpful if you would provide some  references to support your
> statement. Otherwise, you are just making  possibly infammatory 
statements,
> something I could do without. Maybe  list members feel that same way.
>
> --
> Thank  You,
> Michael McGlynn
>
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