tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231025971179579698.post7528161971037384742..comments2024-03-09T05:02:14.656-05:00Comments on The Second Age: Why I Won't Be Donating to Salvation Army This Year, or Any Year for That MatterNatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221202230365353676noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231025971179579698.post-43889585262085320432018-11-21T08:10:20.005-05:002018-11-21T08:10:20.005-05:00a person every so often thinking about visits your...a person every so often thinking about visits your weblog regularly and advocated it in my experience to go browsing as ably. The addiction of writing is great and in addition to the content is extremity-notch. thank you for that acuteness you find the component for the readers! <a href="http://pakistaniroyalescorts.com" rel="nofollow">PAKISTANI ESCORTS</a><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033660081131798537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231025971179579698.post-71231895719410870502010-12-05T10:12:28.294-05:002010-12-05T10:12:28.294-05:00This just in: Blogger finds Salvation Army found t...This just in: Blogger finds Salvation Army found to be Christian organization, realizes implications after they're spelled out word for word. <br /><br />Nice job there, Columbo. You should take this bombshell to WikiLeaks!Drewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231025971179579698.post-54457714888175519202010-12-01T12:09:48.124-05:002010-12-01T12:09:48.124-05:00I have been boycotting the Salvation Army's Ch...I have been boycotting the Salvation Army's Christmas kettles (and not donating to their stores) for almost a decade since their West Coast division made it clear that they would not provide domestic partnership coverage for health care for their employees. <br />At that time, there was a move afoot to flood their donations with "pink dollars" as a protest.<br />Perhaps it's time to fire up the printers and break out the pink once more.Reed Boyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446033460687614476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231025971179579698.post-4417341677008143002010-11-24T18:27:21.605-05:002010-11-24T18:27:21.605-05:00I think you've done the right thing. My value...I think you've done the right thing. My values aren't yours, but I wish everyone, especially Christians, paid as close attention to the mission statement and goals of organizations to which they donate that you do. <br /><br />SA probably also expects married men and women to abstain from having sex with people to whom they are not married. For some, this is an outrageous, hurtful idea--like celibacy. But, that is indeed what Scripture says. SA should be allowed to have that standard for its employees.Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231025971179579698.post-12553400767533958622010-11-23T17:38:14.772-05:002010-11-23T17:38:14.772-05:00Kane,
Good post and I respect that you actually r...Kane,<br /><br />Good post and I respect that you actually research these organizations before donating. If everyone did more research, then we would all be better off and, probably, much more agreeable to one another.<br /><br />I have one bone to pick with your analysis, however. <br /><br />"The Salvation Army believes, therefore, that Christians whose sexual orientation is primarily or exclusively same-sex are called upon to embrace celibacy as a way of life."<br /><br />I will say that their description here is that Christians (ie. those professing Christ) are called to be celibate if they are homosexuals. It does not differentiate anyone other than believers (ie. Atheists, Muslims, Non-believers). I'd use this metric when analyzing their posturing against gays. If you are gay and not a follower of Jesus, then you can do that which you choose. If you are a follower of Jesus, then there is a doctrine to follow.<br /><br />We could probably have a very enlightened philosophical conversation regarding welfare/charities and a certain level of reciprocity expected of the poor (ie. the parable on teaching a man to fish), but that is truly beyond the scope of this blog and can be reserved for another time.<br /><br />JW<br /><br />P.S. I used (ie.) more than was necessary.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07030629783982203455noreply@blogger.com