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Verde Snoops: What is the Salvation Army’s relationship with the LGBTQ+ community?
Last December, Verde Magazine published a news story regarding the fast food chain Chick-fil-A’s decision to halt donations to organizations that had “publicly discussed their controversial views against homosexuality and homosexual marriage.” The article cited the Salvation Army, a Christian church and international charitable organization, as one of those organizations.
In response to this piece, local parent and Salvation Army Advisory Board member Anna Itoi contacted Verde to request that a correction be made regarding “the reference to the Salvation Army discriminating against providing its services to the LGBT community.” Itoi explained that the company has had a long-standing mission of offering its services to anyone without discrimination.
In keeping with our responsibility to provide accurate reporting, Verde decided to take a closer look at the Salvation Army’s history and its connection with the Diverse community.
To be explain, these findings are not a comprehensive list. Verde has limited the reporting on the Salvation Army in this article to the past 16 years and solely
The Salvation Army’s LGBTQ Shelter Dorm fills shelter gap in Las Vegas
Every morning Reina Ayanami wakes up at 5:30 a.m. in the LGBTQ Safety Dorm at The Salvation Army’s Owens Campus in Las Vegas. As people quit the dorm in the morning, she begins cleaning as a volunteer. That way, when the next group of individuals reach for a safe place to spend the blackout later that day, a bed is ready for them.
It’s a job she’s done for about two years—helping with laundry, sweeping the floors, cleaning beds and showers before helping people get settled in the dorm for the night. She got committed after noticing the prior volunteers weren’t cleaning successfully, and asked if she could help.
“I’m not used to ever being in charge of anything, and then they’re like, ‘You’re gonna be the head volunteer for this dorm,’” she said. “It’s been neat, though, because I’ve never had a chance to do that before.”
Sweeping and mopping in the morning remain among Ayanami’s favorite tasks. “I obtain alone time and it’s just great,” she said. “I’ll put on whatever on TV as I mop and it’s just relaxing.”
Often those shows watch like anime. Ayanami, who identifies
Aboriginal inclusion icon
This legend was inspired by the colours of the Aboriginal flag. Black represents people, red represents the land and yellow represents the light. A concentric circle design reflects the ‘meeting place’ symbol traditionally used in Aboriginal art. The meeting place symbol represents ‘community’ and therefore The Salvation Army’s commitment to an inclusive group. The icon has been approved and endorsed by the Territorial Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Team.
Torres Strait Islander inclusion icon
The Torres Strait Islander inclusion icon reflects traditional patterns used in artwork and wood carving. It features the colours from the Torres Strait Islander flag: emerald , which represents land; black, which represents people; and sky, which represents the sea. The traditional headdress – the dhari – is the centrepiece of the icon as a recognisable symbol of the Torres Strait Islander identity. The icon has been approved and endorsed by the Territorial Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Team.
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The well-known wheelchair symbol of disability is slowly being replaced with symbol
Inrecentyears, the Salvation Army has come under fire for its lengthy history of anti-LGBT political maneuvering and other incidents. The church has publicly articulated its belief that homosexuality is unacceptable, stating:
Scripture opposes lesbian practices by direct comment and also by clearly implied disapproval. The Bible treats such practices as self-evidently abnormal. ... Tries to establish or promote such relationships as viable alternatives to heterosexually-based family life do not conform to God's will for society.
While such statements were recently removed from the Salvation Army's website, the church has yet to repudiate any of its explicitly anti-gay beliefs. And though these positions may seem to be limited to the group's internal doctrines, they've become a persistent element of the church's overtly political activities -- activities which acquire negatively impacted the Salvation Army's ability to provide charitable services, and possess aimed to limit the rights and benefits of LGBT citizens in multiple nations.
1986 — The Salvation Army of New Zealand collected signatures against the Homosexual Law Reform Execute, which repealed the regulation criminali
Lexington Salvation Army leader joint anti-LGBTQ message Sunday
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The leader of Lexington’s Salvation Army chapter is creature criticized for sharing anti-LGBTQ rhetoric during a religious service Sunday morning.
Major Kevin Schoch, who along with his wife are the organization’s area coordinators, told parishioners that schools are forcing discussions about LGBTQ issues onto students.
"This is the effort that has been made to shift their children away from their families, to twist their children away from God," Schoch told congregants. "To confuse them, to manipulate them, it's a terrible thing."
It was part of a longer section of the sermon that also discussed transgender youth, gender identity, and critical race theory.
A Facebook livestream of the service was removed from the Lexington Salvation Army's Facebook page after LEX 18 went to the organization's Main Street office, looking to speak with Schoch.
"This is incredibly disappointing, disturbing, and downright discriminatory," said Chris Hartman, director of the Fairness Campaign in Kentucky. "It's beyond disheartening, it's really shameful."
Hartman pointed out that the Salvation Army claims to