MORE: Read The Full Documents On Queerty's Website It states that the Salvation Army does not believe that homosexuality is a sin and hires all people without discrimination.
Queerty also obtained a 24-page "Nondiscrimination Communications" memo sent out by the charity's national headquarters, detailing how spokespersons are supposed to respond when asked about its treatment of the LGBT community. The letter goes on to state several policies that includes forbidding Salvation Army officers from marrying same-sex couples and wearing the Salvation Army uniform when attending a friend or family member's same-sex marriage. In four pages, it lays out the Army's theological views on homosexuality, calling it "a profound complexity." It also clearly states its position on marriage "between one man and one woman" and its expectations that unmarried officers be "celibate in the expression of their sexuality." LGBT news website Queerty recently obtained several internal memos put out by the evangelical Christian group, namely one titled as "LGBT issues in light of equality of marriage laws" sent via email last February by Midwest Commissioner Paul Seiler. (CBS SF) - The Salvation Army, widely known for its homeless shelters, thrifts stores and holiday bell ringers, has many LGBT advocates thinking twice about dropping coins into those red tin coffers.