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I was walking through a door
And then I hit the door
And heaven knows I’m miserable now
(Source: lawsonchambers)
(Rebloggable version of this reply, per request.)
Well, here’s the deal, anon. The Salvation Army is an evangelical Christian group, and they impose those beliefs on the people that they employ and the communities they serve. Here are a few examples:
They are so opposed to LGBT rights that they have lobbied multiple times for exemptions from Federal and Local anti-discrimination laws, and threatened to withdraw their services.
They refused to provide shelter to a homeless gay couple, unless they broke up and renounced their homosexuality.
They refused to provide a transgender woman with shelter that was congruent with her gender presentation, instead insisting she house with men. She chose instead to sleep on the sidewalk and died from the cold.
Speaking of gender, there was also this charming incident where one of their hostels refused to open the door for a 17-year-old victim who had just been brutally raped (or even call the police for her) because that particular hostel had a strict “men only” policy.
Children who can’t prove their immigration status are turned away.
The organization also disposes of any Harry Potter or Twilight related donations (rather than giving them to other charities), because they claim the toys are “incompatible with the charity’s Christian beliefs”.
During the Bush Administration (thanks to ‘faith-based initiatives’) they fired about 20 long-time employees (Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Gay), simply for refusing to sign the organization’s statement of Christian belief.
So, that—in a nutshell—is what’s wrong with it.
Winter is coming… and so are their buckets. Remember this when they’re bothering you for change.
“It doesn’t matter. Whether you’re a King… Or whether you’re a God….
Who’s great, and who isn’t great… It doesn’t matter!
Because I’m a pirate.”
- Monkey D. Luffy
One Piece (episode 89)
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This T-ara - Day by Day video really has it all.
It’s like they’re trying to be Brown Eyed Girls.
My message is this: Western World, beyond Psy and his Gangnam Styles, k-pop gets a hell of a lot weirder, and makes the re-formation of blah British 90s or 2000s girl/boyband look about as interesting as not watching black CGI blood splatter on the video camera lens.