...on gay rights or gay marriage.

They spend donated money OPPOSING both.

The poster you reference is regrettably an accurate reflection of the views of the Salvation Army.

Give your money to a charity that has more charity.

others who were asked to quit volunteering as well

I hope if the get any of that 'faith based initiative' money it gets taken back. Eff them!

God, that infuriates me.

Many states allow people to be fired from their jobs simply for stating that they are gay. It is not illegal.

That they couldn't use it for discrimination. It ought to be yanked. Private discrimination is still sick and wrong but that wouldn't be being paid for by you and me.

....and that should be changed for employers; however, almost all jurisdictions that I am aware of who have nondiscrimination laws based on sexual orientation regrettably make exceptions for religious organizations, like the Salvation Army. Those juridictions need to put political pressure on business who have non discrimination policies to not give the Salvation Army a forum for their bigotry at Christmas time.

In 2004, The Salvation Army said they would close operations in New York City unless it was exempted from a municipal ordinance requiring them to offer benefits to gay employees’ partners. The City Council refused to make the exemption. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's administration chose not to enforce the ordinance. The administration right to decline to enforce was upheld by the New York State Court of Appeals in 2006.[45]

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salvation_Army#United_States

and first sentence in wiki is "The Salvation Army is a Christian denomination and international movement.........".

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"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salvation_Army
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Practicing homosexuals are "ineligible for full membership" in The Salvation Army.[21] However, The Salvation Army offers its services to all who are in need, regardless of sexual orientation, and opposes the abuse of people based on sexual orientation.[22] The organization also believes Christians who are attracted to the same sex should "embrace celibacy as a way of life.

You don't consider it an "abuse of people based on sexual orientation" to deny gay people the right to be members of the Salvation Army?

It isn't clear to me from your post if you are simply reporting or if you agree.

representative of the creed of the Salvation Army. I looked it up and posted the clip to show that from this it seems that it is true. I am a person who believes in individual civil rights. I do not support what is being said here. I fight against unfair treatment any where I see it.

I didn't have the quotes up on my first post so I see the confusion.

they spent 2 million on lobbying against gay rights.

I'ved lobbied Giant Foods to STOP allowing them to solicit money outside their grocery stores.

When I pass their little bell ringers at the holidays I am always polite but I say, loudly enough for everyone within normal hearing distance to hear, "I don't give to bigoted organizations that pretend to be Christians and discriminate. I suggest everyone else consider boycotting this organization until they read the Bible."

The poor bell ringer is usually caught off guard but so what.

...with a written comment that says I give to charitable organizations who serve the poor without being homophobic as the Salvation Army is.

Would love to be the fly on the wall when they eventually read.

They don't get my money anymore and haven't since I found out about this a few years ago.

I really can't put it pass a lot of these groups after what I saw in Joplin.

It was located in the Salvation Army center in that city.

They protested my presence there as a Transgender woman (I had just started homones and don't look as good as I do today).

They lost the battle, but they successed in bad vibing me at every turn and making me feel perpetually unloved and unwanted there.

Don't let them bad vibe you. Sending good vibes your way!

My beautiful bi-racial gay grandson is the love of my life. Screw the Salvation Army - last time they'll get anything from me!

in the small(ish) town where my parents lived. The newspaper claimed they lost the lease in the strip mall they were in. Goodwill opened another thrift store soon thereafter.