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[strredwolf]

triggur and susandeer pointed out that the Salvation Army was discriminating against gays as well as pro-gay cities that allow for domestic partnerships, denying non-gay poor needed support.  They also pointed out that they harrassed a gay Jewish employee, and is in a lawsuit over them.

Yeah.  Let's fact-check, shall we?

Google News turns up an AP article posted by 365Gay:  Gay Man's Suit Against Salvation Army Can Proceed Judge Rules

The short story is: The gay Jew employed by the Salvation Army alleges he was harrassed by a female supervisor, constantly undermined in his duties and treated differently.  The SA wanted to force a dismissal because they said "they were allowed to do so."  The judge disagreed, saying that there can be some preference to one religion but there cannot be any harrassment -- you can hire someone compatible to your group's preference in religion, but no matter who you hire, you must treat them as an equal irreguardless of your and his/her religion and preferences.

If the harrassment is proven true, SA is on my "ban for practicing unorthodox Christian prinicples" list.  I mean, this isn't what the origional writers of the Bible said!

Comments

[darthparadox.livejournal.com]

I've been avoiding SA for their religious bent for a while, actually - I do all of my clothing/etc donating through Goodwill. I prefer their philosophy anyway.

[xaviusarchangel.livejournal.com]

Yet another reason not for me to donate to religious-based aid organizations. If they're not too busy pressing their beliefs on others, they're too busy spending any monitary donations on things other than helping those less fortunate.

Come to think of it, even government-based aid foundations have the latter problem as well.

What's needed is an independant aid relief organziation not based on religious fundamentals or aided or administrated by the government. An organization with no bullshit strings and no mismanaged chains of command, strictly to come to the immediate aid of anyone in need, wether it be a single homeless person or a city's population ravaged by a natural disaster.