Posted on 08/26/2016 5:35:37 PM PDT by Lera
A law enforcement officer said he was asked to leave a Red Cross shelter in Lafayette, Louisiana after he prayed with several flood victims.
Clay Higgins, a reserve city marshal and a local legend, dropped by after work to minister to evacuees at the Heymann Performing Arts Center on Aug. 19.
"I was not proselytizing," he told me. "I was just there to thank volunteers and offer prayers and encouragement."
Higgins, who is also running for Congress, was dressed in uniform and was holding a Bible.
At some point during the visit a volunteer approached Higgins and mentioned there was a problem.
"He said the Red Cross had an issue with me being there," Higgins said. "So I asked him what the problem was. He looked down at my Bible and he gestured and said, 'They have a problem with that.'"
Higgins said he was escorted to a Red Cross supervisor who asked him to leave.
"I was told that the Red Cross does not allow spiritual counseling in their shelters," he said. "The supervisor told me the Red Cross is not a religious-based organization and they don't allow religious interaction with the residents."
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When we helped out at a Red Cross shelter in Fl during the flooding in around Tarpon Springs, a few people in the shelter did hold a prayer vigil. We were told that prayer services, regardless of religion are permissible as long as they’re done discreetly in designated areas of the shelter. At least that’s the policy of the central FL chapters.
[[“The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide[2] which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.”]]
They lost it when they partnered with Islam.
Red Cross did not used to be a “humanitarian “ organization , it used to be a Christian organization that helped humans.
I would not give them one red cent nowadays.
[[In other words they lie to your face and expect you to like it.]]
BINGO
In Galveston, TX during Hurricane Alicia many years ago, the Red Cross was charging for coffee and sandwiches. That was the end of them for us.
No wonder donations are down to the Red Commies - they definitely should change their logo.
They had their fund raising drives and never got a cent from the men under my Fathers command. Though there were some talks with the CO, the armed guards stayed.
Ed
ARC gets tons of money from United Way too.
Here’s the Red Cross complaining that what you hear about their CEO’s salary is not true! They say her base salary is only $500,000 a year, and she hasn’t received pay increases.
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