Posted on 11/27/2001 2:16:21 AM PST by kattracks
(CNSNews.com) - The American Family Association (AFA) of Michigan said it would redeem, in cash, the phony five-dollar bills a pro-homosexuality group plans to distribute to the Salvation Army over the holiday season.
The Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG) of Genesee County have vowed to distribute "phony $5 bills" in a campaign against the Salvation Army. The fake bills will be dropped in charity kettles across the state of Michigan, said Mary Scholl, the organization's president.
"It is to let the Salvation Army know that their policies [against homosexuality] are unacceptable, and that we will donate to other organizations instead," Scholl said. "We want to let them know that their policies are hurtful to our loved ones."
The Salvation Army recently rescinded a decision that would have allowed domestic partner benefits for its Western Territory employees. As a result, Army employees are prohibited from including domestic partners, some of whom are homosexual, on their health care insurance plans.
Scholl and her husband Bob are the parents of a homosexual man and have decided to fight against organizations that believe homosexuality is wrong.
"I do not believe that the love and sexual expression my son and his partner have for each other or any of my friends is any less natural and beautiful than my relationship with my husband," Scholl said.
The AFA-Michigan plans to take steps to counter the fake bills. Gary Glenn, president of the organization, said he would donate a real $5 bill for every phony bill that PFLAG places in the Salvation Army kettles, up to $1,000.
"We hope homosexual activists and their allies will go to the expense and effort of printing and dropping at least 200 phony fives in the kettle this Christmas, as AFA-Michigan is anxious to show at least $1,000 of support for the Salvation Army's work at this special time of year," Glenn said.
AFA-Michigan is also recruiting other groups in Flint and around Michigan to redeem fake bills.
Glenn said that "since it's unlikely those who drop fake donations into Salvation Army kettles were ever actual donors in the past, the local chapter of the over century-old Christian charity will enjoy a net increase in the state.
"What homosexuality advocates intend for harm, with God's grace at this Christmas season, we will turn to good," Glenn said.
Scholl said her organization is not worried about any legal problems that might ensue as a result of distributing the fake money. She said the bills they plan to drop in the kettles do not resemble United States currency.
Their bills more closely resemble a slip of paper with the message: "I would have donated five dollars but the Salvation Army decision to discriminate against gays & lesbian employees prevents my donation now and in the future."
However, one pro-homosexuality group based in Cleveland, Ohio has printed fake bills that resemble a United States $1 bill. "It is called 'queer as a three dollar bill.' They have taken the dollar bill and changed it to a three," Scholl said.
Scholl said a picture of the bill is currently on her website, but added that she is considering removing it because of its resemblance to real currency.
"Nothing could be more cold-hearted and callous, especially at Christmas, than trying to advance a political cause by attacking charitable efforts to help the poorest and neediest citizens of Flint," Glenn said of PFLAG's campaign.
He said it is understandable for parents to be emotionally compelled to "rationalize and defend" their children's "self-destructive behavior," but PFLAG's efforts to legitimize homosexual behavior are harmful.
"Fully-informed parents who truly care about their children's well-being do not enable and validate morally suspect behavior that dramatically increases their children's risk of domestic violence, mental illness, life-threatening diseases and premature death," Glenn said.
'nuff said.
It doesn't matter, the queer community is showing their real colors.
I don't think the Salvation Army needs to worry.
Yeah, they could be thrown in prison, where they might be sod....
Oh.
Forget what I said.
So, when will your son and/or his "partner" be announcing their pregnancy? Do you think their method of having a child will be any less natural than the way you and your husband conceived?
BTW, what is that "or any of my friends" comment supposed to mean?
The Secret Service, not the FBI, investigates counterfeit cash.
I hope they don't waste their time on the queer money from rude and inconsiderate friends of queers.
Perhaps the police should fine the people who "donate" queer money for littering.
Considering gays average about a dozen unonamous sex act per year, the relationship with her husband must be pretty shallow.
These filthy miserable Cretons should hang their heads in shame, and they should be arrested.
There is another Fag group, QUEER NATION, that vows to Kill Heterosexual Supremists and their examples are Ronald Reagan and Jesse Helms.
These Idiots are very serious Whacko's who are spreading an epidemic throughout our country and the world.
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