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delalluvia:
Why the Salvation Army is no longer getting my money.  :P

The Salvation Army says it refuses to distribute Harry Potter and Twilight toys collected for needy children because they're incompatible with the charity's Christian beliefs...

I was told to withhold a six-inch Harry Potter figure, but when I picked up a plastic M-16, I was told, 'That's for the 10-year-olds,'" he said.

"I was shocked...war-themed toys and toys from TV shows and movies with far more violence than Harry Potter and these were considered appropriate toys?"



http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/12/08/16477981.html

David In Indy:
Oh brother! ::)

That is ridiculous! What about those Narnia movies and books? Those have magic in them too, along with witches and other magical creatures. They don't seem to have a problem with those stories. So why all the fuss about Harry Potter and Twilight?

Thos Narnia movies are very good btw, so please don't misunderstand me. I just don't understand the difference. :-\

Penthesilea:
Yup, no surprise here. Salvation Army = evangelical

For Evangelicals, everything related to "wizardy" or other supernatural powers = from satan.
Lots of fun when your kids go to school or kindergarten with kids from evangelical families - not. They seriously tried to ban me (not only me, all parents) to let my kids go to kindergarten in costumes on carnival, they try to intervene when second graders read a book at school about "The Letter-Switcher" (because he can switch things by magic, from a cat to a bat, etc.), they run to the highest school-officials when a class of sixth graders wants to see a Harry Potter movie, yada, yada.

To call it a pet-peeve of mine is an understatement. Evangelicas get me all up in arms if necessary. I would never-ever support a charity related to any kind of evangelical church. World Vision is another well-known evangelical charity. There are more.

Of course, not only wizardy is from satan, homosexuality is too, in their eyes. :P

Lynne:
My first exposure to the Salvation Army was when they took in my former stepfather in Nashville, who was an alcoholic and on the brink of death.  And his own family and ours had exhausted every possibility we could imagine - this was years and years ago.  It's hard not to be grateful for that.  He stayed there, sobered up, attended meetings and services and helped load and unload trucks.  Six weeks later he left and went back to his old ways.

That said, though, it always bothers me when strings come attached to charitable giving...it seems, well, uncharitable.

And the evangelical backlash against Harry Potter and such is just ridiculous.  Read a fable by Aesop sometime?  Or maybe only Veggie Tales (bleh!) are OK...

 ::)

Berit:
I really have mixed feelings when it comes to the Salvation Army. I have seen many good things done for needy people, especially women with mental disorders and drug abuse. BUT it is in it's basic structures a VERY conservative church. They absolutely ban same sex marriage - witch we have in Sweden....

I so recognize what you decribe about evangelicals, Penth. I live in a small village with a very influential evangelical church and many things are very unpopular, Halloween ex. Gays are "accepted" as long as they live in celibacy.......>:(

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