if u werenât aware of salvation armyâs 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 Iâm there totally flabbergasted cause like, itâs christmas
Only, 16!Tabi had even less composure than 26!Tabi, so I lost my fucking mind on her.
Thing is: when Iâm really angry, I donât 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 doesnât solve problems.
So instead, I started wailing.
Picture this: 5â4, 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 dogâs been shot.
Now my gfâs like, âoh fuckâ and the ladyâs like âoh fuuuuck!â and Iâm here, head thrown back, tears down my cheeks and in that shrill, distressed, /loud/ voice, âWHY WOULD YOU B-b-be so MEAN?! Itâs CHRISTMAS!â
And the ladyâs like âplease stop Oh fuckâ because now we have a crowd, and this Molly Weasley of a woman putters over, âwhatâs the matter, dear?â
And mall securityâs 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.
âI was, she s-said, s-s-she said I was going to HELL!â
And I burst right back into tears.
Maaaaaaaan, they didnât even stick around to ask why sheâd said it. Soon as I said it, Mall po-po bounced her like a fucking pogo stick.
We get outside and my girlfriendâs like âthat is the most Slytherin thing I have ever seen anyone do.â
It was four years before I saw the Army back in that mall.
that is beautiful
Holiday reminder: donât let anyone get away with trying to make you feel bad about yourself.
So yeah, theyâre not just âhomophobicâ, theyâre 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 didnât turn her away, and accept all homeless people, except, itâs not like Jennifer Gale was only trans woman refused shelter by Salvation Army, making this denial appear to be worth less than bullshit:
and to think i was gonna help my aunt with thisâŠ
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 Iâve told ppl this but now I have sources
Salvation Army are scum. Judgemental assholes.
fuck my mom was like âits fine its not like everyone who works there is homophobicâ Â
this is awful. please spread around, itâs important.
The Salvation Army has been disgusting for a long while
I reblogging this now, as a reminder that this is unacceptable REGARDLESS of the time of year.
