Advocacy-Salvation Army Reminder Bills
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays-Genesee County
(PFLAG-Genesee
County) will
sponsor a holiday project to call attention to the discriminatory
policies of the Salvation Army toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender
persons (lgbt). When the Salvation Army soldiers are
ringing
bells outside businesses, PGLAG-Genesee County members and concerned
citizens
will be giving reminder bills that the Salvation Army's policies
promote
bigotry and hate and will not be supported.
The backroom dealing of the Salvation Army became apparent when
the Bush administration was pushed by the Salvation Army to exempt
religious
organizations from obeying local and state anti-discrimination laws
concerning
glbt persons. In return, the Salvation Army would have been a
strong
advocate for Bush's faith based initiative. This backroom dealing
brought to light the danger of unholy unions between government and
religious
institutions.
We want the Salvation Army to know that we can no longer support
an organization that discriminates against our loved ones. We intend to
give to charitable organizations that understand and accept gay,
lesbian,
bisexual and transgender persons as equal citizens, entitled to the
same
consideration as every other person.
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