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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:10 PM Original message |
Question. Is the Salvation Army a fundie group? |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought they were Catholic? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I did too, but I heard a very unsettling rumor last week |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. not catholic |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Are they a conservative group? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Salivation Army- Hypocrtical bigoted fundies |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Great information |
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bones_7672 (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Yep, we wouldn't want to help anyone who helps the poor and needy! |
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SnowBack (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Yep, just ignore the HATE they spew... |
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Catfight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 02:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Cool, just more gay money in my damn pocket this year! I don't |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
58. They AREN'T Dominionist, nor Rapture Theorists, they really help people. |
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SnowBack (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. They "really help people" except Gay people... |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
63. You caught me just in time! |
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histohoney (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Not a Catholic group |
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bush_is_wacko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. They do some good works |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I volunteered in one of their programs for street kids in Portland |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. Is Fundie a loaded term? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I mean RW religious wingnut in terms of fundie |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Ah |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Maybe you are the one out of step |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I guess so |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. I worked with an SAer once |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. But would you have considered him to |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. They are a separate denomination |
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buydonkey (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. That's not true... |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 02:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. I worked with a former Salvationist |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. And my son (agnostic) married a SA girl |
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SnowBack (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:16 PM Response to Reply #54 |
69. What if he had been a girl? Those arms would have slammed shut. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 08:55 AM Response to Reply #69 |
78. Actually, his two lesbian aunts came to the wedding |
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SnowBack (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 03:26 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Always the bridesmaids, never the brides... |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 03:47 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. When my son was courting, he was upfront about our family |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. I don't think they are |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. As soon as I found out they discriminate against homosexuals... |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. That is where I stand on this |
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McKenzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. they wear uniforms for a start |
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greyfox (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. The concept of giving.... |
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Tanuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. horrified? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. But, apparently they are very anti-gay |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. The Salvation Army is evangelical Christian organization. . . |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. Fundie? No. But definitely religious, evangelical, and conservative |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Which is where they lose me. |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. why did Target not allow them |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Because they felt that they had received |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Walmart of course |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 02:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. That is probably the definitive explanation |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:19 AM Response to Reply #43 |
76. Cant they? |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. I pissed off a United Way Worker |
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Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
71. Give directly to the charities you want to support. |
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Hong Kong Cavalier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. Don't know, but I do know they hate gays. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. FYI, they don't hate gays |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Sounds like they hate gays to me. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 03:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Eh, they've never discriminated against blacks |
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SnowBack (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. YES, they have actively fought against Gay rights and Gay marriage |
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SnowBack (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 03:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. They throw Gay people out of their shelters |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. pros and cons |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 03:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Good post |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
62. Exactly right. |
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SnowBack (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. So if they were against Blacks or Jews, you'd be fine with it? |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:17 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. But they're not, |
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SnowBack (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Exposing the SA's hatred is not bigotry |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:20 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Details, please? |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:45 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. I hadn't heard that, but I knew gays who were taken in by SA |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:33 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. That's why I asked for a link |
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SnowBack (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Not really hard to find on Google... |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:59 AM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Reason behind UW's and SA's actions? |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. I am not a bigot. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:39 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. That's more or less been the advice of some here of late |
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SnowBack (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:21 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. This isn't a club... It's fighting to keep me a second class citizen. |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 01:34 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. I don't approve of them spending $$ to lobby against gays... |
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SnowBack (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. I can respect that... |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. They Sponsor Oliver NORTH Speaking Tours |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. SA is a church.... |
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fknobbit (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
39. I was a volunteer |
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buydonkey (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
41. I worked ... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
44. "fundie group" is not the problem. |
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SnowBack (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. If it was just anti-Gay employment practices, it would be one thing... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I said I wouldn't be contributing. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
53. The Salvation Army Church is a branch of the Methodists |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
56. well... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
60. They have a long history of employment discrimination |
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WestSeattle2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
73. SA returned a $500 check |
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Keirsey (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
75. SA and Karl Rove |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
82. Read GB Shaw's "Major Barbara" for a good, humorous take on the SA |
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cdp (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
83. A relative of mine was on the SA Board for years |
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