Washington, DC – During the Christmas Season, the Salvation Army bell ringers are part of the American yearly celebration of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. These bell ringers symbolize Christian compassion and care for the downtrodden and the hurting.

The Salvation Army, of course, is working all year long to provide food, clothing, and shelter to the homeless and the hopeless. Once a year, however, the Salvation Army makes its efforts visible for all to see—and Americans give in abundance to help those in need.

This year’s bell ringer effort is of special importance because of the 9-11 attack upon our nation. The Salvation Army is supplying much-needed food, clothing, and prayers of encouragement to the heroes of 9-11 in New York City.

However, as a well-known political slogan states, "No good deed will go unpunished." This year, the Salvation Army is under assault by a homosexual activist group known as Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).

PFLAG is angered by the Salvation Army’s recent decision to not provide "domestic partner" benefits to its unmarried employees—including homosexuals. The Salvation Army’s western division had made the decision, but just a week later the public outcry forced its top leadership to overturn this seriously flawed decision.

PFLAG is now engaged in a vindictive campaign against the Salvation Army. In several states, PFLAG’s ill-advised followers are dropping fake $5 bills into the kettles manned by Salvation Army bell ringers. The fake money contains a statement of protest against the Salvationists for their refusal to approve of homosexual relationships. The Salvation Army, like most Bible-believing churches, views homosexuality as a sin and as a sexual perversion.

Instead of lauding the Salvation Army for its works of compassion, PFLAG’s intolerant leaders are trying to punish this organization because of its moral stand against homosexual behavior.

Fortunately, the American Family Association of Michigan and other pro-family groups have volunteered to redeem each PFLAG fake $5 dollar bill for a real one this Christmas Season. Every time a vindictive PFLAGer drops a phony bill into the kettle, a Christian will give the Salvation Army a real $5 dollar bill. This is money that will help the victims of 9-11, the homeless, and children who might not have one present were it not for the goodness of Salvation Army volunteer bell ringers and men and women of good will.

This PFLAG effort exposes the morally confused hearts of those who would punish the Salvation Army this Christmas Season. The response of AFA of Michigan and other Christian groups also reveals the hearts of men and women who know what true compassion is all about as we celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25. The contrast between PFLAG and compassionate Christians could not be more obvious.

Traditional Values Coalition is an interdenominational public policy organization representing more than 43,000 churches across the United States. For more information, contact Emily Davis at 202-547-8570. TVC's
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On my university campus, a leftist got herself voted onto the governing committee for ROTC. She made trouble over every little thing, and created as much negative publicity related to the organization as she possibly could, clearly trying to wreck the organization or at least to harm its functioning and make it look bad to the public.

Also, look at what leftist groups have done in the public schools, in several "mainline" Protestant churches, and in the court system.

Nihilistic fascists wreck existing institutions in order to create social chaos and also so that their people can take over the institutions and end up in control of their (often substantial) assets. That's what has happened in my church so I don't attend or contribute anymore.

Those Christians are disgusting......Disgusting.....They make us sick.

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The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Economic and Social Justice Scholarship Fund Committee is pleased to announce the 2001 fund grant recipients:

Ben Singer – Rutgers University, Philadelphia, PA - working to address social barriers and public health access for transpeople;
Rose Marie Jones - University of Phoenix, Berkeley, CA – a working mother bringing her practical life experience into the classroom as a teacher;
Matt Wolf – New York University, New York, NY – a documentary filmmaker highlighting economic and social issues;
Kyle Celio – San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA - focused on education and advocacy for the poor in San Francisco’s Chinatown;
David Gant – Pacific School of Religion, Oakland, CA – bringing economic justice through faith-based community building;
Christopher Brian Logan – New College of California, San Francisco, CA – studying to provide marriage and family counseling for those with HIV;
Angelito Angeles – New College of California, Lose Angeles, CA – a longtime GLBT activist working to bring her life experience into the classroom as a teacher;
Clemency Wings – Sonoma State University, Sebastopol, CA – focused on teaching English to impoverished migrant communities;
Jackie Phillip Saxon – Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ – working to become a teacher for economically impoverished districts;
Carolyn Talmadge – Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA – working to bring reconciliation and economic justice through faith based community building.

The Sisters' Economic and Social Justice Scholarship Fund was created to help future leaders obtain the education they need to address the issues facing our communities. The scholarships are financed with money raised by Bada-Bingo, the Sisters’ award-winning community event. Additional funding has been provided by donations from private individuals.

“The recipients of this years scholarships reflect the diversity of our community and the breadth of the challenges facing us as we work to create a more just society,” said Sister Betty Does. “They also represent the light and hope we have that such challenges can be addressed and that solutions will be found with time.”

Recipients will receive official notification via US mail.

"We had so many worthy applicants," said Sister Gina Tonic, "and we wish we could have given out many more grants!"

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