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The Salvation Army

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Obviously not for everyone.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/01/michael-sheen-good-omens-salvation-army-donation-trans-lgbt/
 
I'm not religious but I do notate a small amount to the Salvation Army, because I've seen them helping people who are really struggling. Good people.
 
They do wonderful work for the homeless down here. Above and beyond really.
 
Darran said:
Obviously not for everyone.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/01/michael-sheen-good-omens-salvation-army-donation-trans-lgbt/

Obviously for everyone.

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-wales-55902917?__twitter_impression=true
 
There are a few issues here.

It is quite possible for an organisation like the SA to have an all inclusive ideology but that doesn't mean that all of their members agree with it and there will inevitably be some whose actions are incompatible with that ideology. It is surely therefore incumbent on the SA to weed out those members who clearly don't abide by it's doctrine, however, as a fiercely Christian organisation, it's difficult to see an all inclusive ideology getting through to all of the grass roots if some, maybe many, fundamentally disagree with it as they believe that all real rules are not set by the organisation but by a much, much higher force.

As others have pointed out, the SA do sterling work for the homeless and my wife has occasionally volunteered to help them feed the homeless on Xmas day so are they still worthy of financial support for the greater good that they do? It would be interesting to know what proportion of the people who need their help are LGBT+ and what proportion of those have faced the reported rejection?
 
Looks like Sheen has been misinformed and taken a tweet as being fact.
 
dickythorpe said:
Looks like Sheen has been misinformed and taken a tweet as being fact.

Not if the initial link Darran provided is to be believed. Some pretty blatant examples of being anti-LGBT are listed there. Not altogether surprising given it's a church and charity.
 
Who knows, but it looks like a tweet that tries to negate a positive act had been taken as fact.

This is the problem of the modern era.

Only last week I saw a man on a BBC interview saying he wouldn't have the covid vaccine as a "man on YouTube" said not too.
Research only seems to span to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube these days and beliefs based on these findings.
Shocking how easily led many are.
 
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