if u werenāt aware of salvation armyās homophobia, its prety hardcore
a guy in a salvos truck yelled at me and my gf while we were kissing today so I was thinking of this
Do you know, when I was in high-school I went to the mall near my house with my girlfriend to do some Christmas shopping.
We were there, sixteen year old me and seventeen year old her, holding hands and window-shopping, minding our own business.
This Salvation Army shitheel gets aggro about it in the middle of the mall and Iām there totally flabbergasted cause like, itās christmas
Only, 16!Tabi had even less composure than 26!Tabi, so I lost my fucking mind on her.
Thing is: when Iām really angry, I donāt rage, I go all cold and apparently that freaks people out, because I could see my gf backing up and the lady getting tense and then I realized that anger doesnāt solve problems.
So instead, I started wailing.
Picture this: 5ā4, tiny, blonde haired high school girl with her little violin on her back and pearls in her ears just as PTA-approved as could be, full on sobbing in the hallway.
Just, sobbing like my dogās been shot.
Now my gfās like, āoh fuckā and the ladyās like āoh fuuuuck!ā and Iām here, head thrown back, tears down my cheeks and in that shrill, distressed, /loud/ voice, āWHY WOULD YOU B-b-be so MEAN?! Itās CHRISTMAS!ā
And the ladyās like āplease stop Oh fuckā because now we have a crowd, and this Molly Weasley of a woman putters over, āwhatās the matter, dear?ā
And mall securityās coming and this bell ringer is looking very uncomfortable so I just look at this matronly ellen-watching suburban housewife lady, eyes wide and wet and my lip wobbling.
āI was, she s-said, s-s-she said I was going to HELL!ā
And I burst right back into tears.
Maaaaaaaan, they didnāt even stick around to ask why sheād said it. Soon as I said it, Mall po-po bounced her like a fucking pogo stick.
We get outside and my girlfriendās like āthat is the most Slytherin thing I have ever seen anyone do.ā
It was four years before I saw the Army back in that mall.
that is beautiful
Holiday reminder: donāt let anyone get away with trying to make you feel bad about yourself.
They are also violently transphobic, and Salvation Army ran homeless shelter refused to let in Jennifer Gale because she was trans, leading to her freezing to death on the sidewalk right outside it!
So yeah, theyāre not just āhomophobicā, theyāre bigoted fucking murderers.
(Wikipedia article on her death conveniently (for SA) omits Salvation Army connection, linking only to expired articles from local newspapers)
SA claims that they didnāt turn her away, and accept all homeless people, except, itās not like Jennifer Gale was only trans woman refused shelter by Salvation Army, making this denial appear to be worth less than bullshit:
https://thinkprogress.org/salvation-army-refuses-housing-shelter-to-transgender-woman-2660c79b4cd4#.bo53qrxf9
http://www.msnbc.com/way-too-early/transgender-woman-claims-she-was-refused-housing
and to think i was gonna help my aunt with thisā¦
Annual reminder not to trust what our SA donations actually support.
There are plenty of other charities who help out the needy this time of year. Support a local food bank or community housing center.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT Iāve told ppl this but now I have sources
Salvation Army are scum. Judgemental assholes.
And letās all remember that one twitter thread from a homeless woman in a Salvation Army shelter SPECIFICALLY warning people that the SA is a piece of shit and nobody should donate to them
I feel bad for everyoneās terrible experiences with SA. And no person deserves any sort of hate thrown towards them.
But i just wanted to say that the photo is fake.
http://wafflesatnoon.com/salvation-army-gay-sign/
This isnāt to overlook what everyone has shared. I just wanted to fact check the photo.
A sign being circulated online shows a Salvation Army sign that reads "Gays Not Allowed." Is it real or fake?
