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Blue_true

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24. I donate to the organization too.

Tue Dec 3, 2019, 08:14 PM

Dec 2019

By chance I met a female couple a couple years ago at the local library. I was on my laptop writing a business document and they were using the free computers that the library offers. They had a young baby, I assume one of them was the mother. They were not afraid to let people see their relationship, even in my red county. I briefly struck up a conversation with one of them and at some point found that the SA and a local charitable ministry were helping them get on their feet with temporary housing until one or both found jobs. So, it is all a mixed bag for me, I donate because the organization, at least the local one seems to only see people in need, not other aspects of those people's lives.

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A reminder now that they are out ringing their bells [View all] RAB910 Dec 2019 OP

I never donate to the Salvation Army. Aristus Dec 2019 #1

It is a tough call but I drop money into the kettle. Blue_true Dec 2019 #23

Sorry, but you are 100% wrong on this. cwydro Dec 2019 #30

I always find it odd that those of us who are most vigilant about Ms. Toad Dec 2019 #35

Exactly. cwydro Dec 2019 #38

Sorry, not true. Grasswire2 Dec 2019 #2

I don't think that is the case RAB910 Dec 2019 #3

When did thinkprogress.org start running ads for clickbait sites? MineralMan Dec 2019 #4

I dropped them as a daily stop a while back pecosbob Dec 2019 #8

Matters not genxlib Dec 2019 #10

Ah, OK. Thanks. I did not know that. MineralMan Dec 2019 #11

They have announced that they are coming back as something else. genxlib Dec 2019 #12

The Salvation Army has been extremely homophobic for years. cate94 Dec 2019 #5

Amen to that FL DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #14

Yes, they have been. LuvNewcastle Dec 2019 #26

Sorry, true, and your drive-by un-sourced mis-information doesn't fool anyone. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #16

When your policy is so bad even Chick Filet won't donate to you anymore... Takket Dec 2019 #6

+1 me as well. bronxiteforever Dec 2019 #7

They solicit inside the lobby of my local PO !!! pangaia Dec 2019 #9

As you walk by, say "Is there anything more gay than the sound of a bell?" CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #13

right wingers? Grasswire2 Dec 2019 #27

Because people on the left are more tolerant. That's why we're CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #37

Those bell ringers can fuck off. BigDemVoter Dec 2019 #15

I just say, "Nope." Iggo Dec 2019 #29

They are volunteers from all walks of life and beliefs. I have seen liberals and conservatives OhioBlue Dec 2019 #34

Not true: George II Dec 2019 #17

Your fact check is for someone in SA saying Homosexuals deserve to die RAB910 Dec 2019 #18

No, Snopes rates SA as 'Mixed" as to mandating death to all LGBT, not "False" dsharp88 Dec 2019 #19

That is appalling...sorry to learn this about them. Karadeniz Dec 2019 #20

It's not true. cwydro Dec 2019 #31

The SA was very, very good to me back in 1996. I had just been released from jail and they abqtommy Dec 2019 #21

Uncountable millions of people (in the most desperate straits, many) have been helped by the SA. Grasswire2 Dec 2019 #22

I don't have the level of insight that you do. Blue_true Dec 2019 #25

I donate to the organization too. Blue_true Dec 2019 #24

Thank you. They've helped many that I know of too. cwydro Dec 2019 #32

I would never bother the bell ringers.Round here most are seasonal temp workers hired at a $1 or so lunasun Dec 2019 #28

Yeah, I've avoided giving to them for years because lunatica Dec 2019 #33

I always donate to them whenever I have extra change. They did an extended family member kelly1mm Dec 2019 #36

All this discourse is the result of them being "outed" by Chick-Fil-A. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #39

It's been a discussion every year since long before Chick-Fil-A Ms. Toad Dec 2019 #40

I'm always late to the party. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #41