December 15, 2011
Oh My Gay: Should Glee Have Been Collecting for the Salvation Army?

skinwalkerlove:

ohmygay:

After watching last night’s Glee episode (loved the black and white cheesy Christmas special) I was left with a sour taste in my mouth as the episode ended with Fynn, Rachel, Sam, and Rory ringing bells in the typical way to get people to donate to the Salvation Army.

Don’t get me wrong I’m all…

I dont agree with this. I am not at all surprised. Just because the Salvation Army is blind and prejudiced doesn’t mean the LBGT community needs to spread the same hate. Hate is hate people whether its “straight” vs “homosexual” or “homosexual” vs “straight” I actually applaud Glee showing them taking donations for Salvation Army. It shows that hate will not win no matter how large,  prejudiced or, wrong any organization is. 

Actually by Glee showcasing the Salvation Army it is showing that you can be hateful and prejudiced and have people look the other way and support you. Supporting an organzation like that would be the same as giving money to the National Organization for Marriage (NOM, extremely anti same-sex marriage) or to the Focus on the Family. Are you suggesting we should start giving them money or face time on gay friendly TV shows?

I’m not suggesting that we need to hate on the Salvation Army, or that Glee should have. However, giving them a “ringing” endorsement is certainly not something we need to be doing when there are plenty of other inclusive organizations that we, or the show, could support instead.

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December 14, 2011
Should Glee Have Been Collecting for the Salvation Army?

After watching last night’s Glee episode (loved the black and white cheesy Christmas special) I was left with a sour taste in my mouth as the episode ended with Fynn, Rachel, Sam, and Rory ringing bells in the typical way to get people to donate to the Salvation Army.

Don’t get me wrong I’m all for donating either time or money or both to charitable organizations (especially during the holiday season), just not one that is as homophobic as the Salvation Army. I found it doubly hypocritical that Rachel (who has two dads) and Fynn (who has a gay step-brother) were ringing away.

For those who don’t know the Salvation Army has refused to grant same-sex partner benefits to their employees in states where marriage is not legal, will actively discriminate against gays, lesbians, and trans people in need of their services, and has even refused money from cities because of domestic partnership laws (San Francisco 1998) and threatened to shut down soup kitchens rather than comply to the city’s legislation requiring firm to provide same-sex domestic partnership benefits to their employees (New York 2004).

According to the International Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) ”The Salvation Army does not only discriminate against gay and lesbian people, it also works politically against LGBT rights all over the world. In Sweden, e g, the Army has protested against the law that makes same-sex marriages legal, and against the inclusion of homosexuals in a law criminalizing incitement to hatred. Other examples of this type of behaviour in other countries were given in the programme.”

More information can also be found here - http://fromtheleft.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/boycott-the-salvation-army/.

I am surprised then that Glee would feature such a homophobic and discriminatory group on the show instead of more inclusive organizations like the United Way, UNICEF, or the Red Cross?

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