Is your charitable donation supporting discrimination?
December 22nd 2010 07:59
Would you give money to a group that lobbies against gay rights? Or one that is so anti-gay that they don't even allow gay people to volunteer for them? Well if you drop your change into the Salvation Army buckets on your way into or out of the stores this holiday, chances are that is exactly what you are doing.
Lately they have been in the news for accepting Harry Potter and Twilight themed items and then throwing them away instead of giving them out. They are 'unchristian' in their opinion and unworthy of being given to anyone. That's fine, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But why accept something knowing full well you are going to throw it away. Why not just tell the person donating it that you can't accept the item, so that their time and money isn't going to waste? Oh that's right, because they think they get to decide what is right and wrong for everyone else in the world.
Let's see, according to them: Giving them money = Right. Being gay or liking Harry Potter or Twilight = Wrong.
Being that they are a private organization they can decide who can and cannot work or volunteer for them. But when they are using government funding and are being contracted to provide food to homeless people, they can't hold that food hostage. But that's just what they did. The thought of a gay person getting health benefits through their partner, or being allowed to visit them if they are in the ICU in the hospital bothered them so much, that they were willing to withhold food and let the homeless starve. In New York they threatened to close up soup kitchens and other services if they passed legislation giving benefits to same sex partners. Since the Salvation Army does not hire or allow gay people to volunteer with them, this would not have had any effect on them at all. But as usual, they wanted to decide what everybody else's rights were.
It just disgusts me when people hide behind religion and use it as an excuse to spread their hate around.
Yes, they do help some people, but there are plenty of charities out there that don't discriminate and are open to everyone. It's hard to just pick one or two when there are so many good ones out there but consider the Red Cross, Toy 4 Tots or the Humane Society of the United States. I'm in the US, so I really only know US based charities. I know a lot of you are in Australia, so if you know of any good, nondiscriminatory charities in your area please add them in the comments section.
Lately they have been in the news for accepting Harry Potter and Twilight themed items and then throwing them away instead of giving them out. They are 'unchristian' in their opinion and unworthy of being given to anyone. That's fine, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But why accept something knowing full well you are going to throw it away. Why not just tell the person donating it that you can't accept the item, so that their time and money isn't going to waste? Oh that's right, because they think they get to decide what is right and wrong for everyone else in the world.
Let's see, according to them: Giving them money = Right. Being gay or liking Harry Potter or Twilight = Wrong.
Being that they are a private organization they can decide who can and cannot work or volunteer for them. But when they are using government funding and are being contracted to provide food to homeless people, they can't hold that food hostage. But that's just what they did. The thought of a gay person getting health benefits through their partner, or being allowed to visit them if they are in the ICU in the hospital bothered them so much, that they were willing to withhold food and let the homeless starve. In New York they threatened to close up soup kitchens and other services if they passed legislation giving benefits to same sex partners. Since the Salvation Army does not hire or allow gay people to volunteer with them, this would not have had any effect on them at all. But as usual, they wanted to decide what everybody else's rights were.
It just disgusts me when people hide behind religion and use it as an excuse to spread their hate around.
Yes, they do help some people, but there are plenty of charities out there that don't discriminate and are open to everyone. It's hard to just pick one or two when there are so many good ones out there but consider the Red Cross, Toy 4 Tots or the Humane Society of the United States. I'm in the US, so I really only know US based charities. I know a lot of you are in Australia, so if you know of any good, nondiscriminatory charities in your area please add them in the comments section.
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