Editing The Salvation Army (section)

====The Salvation Army's response====
In 2013, a positional statement on the Salvation Army U.K. and Ireland site stated:

{{blockquote|The Salvation Army teaches that sexual acts should take place only in a monogamous heterosexual marriage, believing that this reflects God's intentions for sexual behaviour and provides the best environment for raising children.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/PSHumanSexuality |title=Human sexuality |access-date=27 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223458/http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/PSHumanSexuality |archive-date=2 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>}}

The statement was later taken down. The statement was intended explicitly for members of the Salvation Army<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/masic|title=Church & community section – The Salvation Army|work=salvationarmy.org.uk|access-date=9 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206092145/http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/masic|archive-date=6 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Salvation Army mission statement {{as of|2013|lc=y}} states:

{{blockquote|The Salvation Army stands against [[homophobia]], which victimises people and can reinforce feelings of alienation, loneliness and despair. We want to be an inclusive church community where members of the LGBT community find welcome and the encouragement to develop their relationship with God... Our international mission statement is very clear on this point when it says we will "meet human needs in [Jesus'] name without discrimination". Anyone who comes through our doors will be welcomed with love and service, based on their need and our capacity to provide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/Non-Discrimination|title=Inclusion – The Salvation Army|work=salvationarmy.org.uk|access-date=9 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222162527/http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/Non-Discrimination|archive-date=22 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

{{As of|November 2013}}, activists were still calling on the Salvation Army to change its stance on LGBT issues, citing ongoing discrimination.<ref name=Hyman1>{{cite news|last=Hyman|first=Jamie|title=Watermark tradition: Boycotting the bell-ringers|url=http://www.watermarkonline.com/2013/11/20/watermark-tradition-boycotting-the-bell-ringers/|access-date=15 February 2014|newspaper=Watermark|date=20 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403021750/http://www.watermarkonline.com/2013/11/20/watermark-tradition-boycotting-the-bell-ringers/|archive-date=3 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Chatel1>{{cite news|last=Chatel|first=Amanda|title=7 Companies That Don't Support Gay Rights|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/16/anti-gay-companies_n_4110344.html|access-date=15 February 2014|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=16 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515144737/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/16/anti-gay-companies_n_4110344.html|archive-date=15 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{As of|April 2018}}, the "Inclusion" page on the official U.K. website stated that the Salvation Army stands against homophobia and does not permit discrimination in its employment practices or delivery of care.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/inclusion | title=Inclusion, the Salvation Army | access-date=7 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705122836/https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/inclusion | archive-date=5 July 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{As of|2018}}, the U.S.A. Central Territory website explicitly states that it serves and welcomes the LGBT community.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://centralusa.salvationarmy.org/usc/lgbt_discrimination_debunking_the_myth/ | title=LGBT Discrimination: Debunking the myth | access-date=22 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923052227/https://centralusa.salvationarmy.org/usc/lgbt_discrimination_debunking_the_myth/ | archive-date=23 September 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

On the website of its USA division, the organisation currently maintains an informative/promotional document titled "The LGBTQ Community and The Salvation Army" which states (among other things) that it is "committed to serving the LGBTQ community"; "[w]hen a transgender person seeks help from us, we serve them in the same manner as any other person seeking assistance"; it "is an [[Equal Opportunity Employer]]" with regard to "sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression" (et al.); and that it "provide[s] benefits to the spouses of employees in same-sex marriages".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/the-lgbtq-community-and-the-salvation-army/|website=The Salvation Army USA|title=The LGBTQ Community and The Salvation Army|access-date=2019-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191124235317/https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/the-lgbtq-community-and-the-salvation-army/|archive-date=24 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>