"The past few days have been a humbling and educational experience for our company."
Those are the latest words from the owners of The Holy Donut, a Portland doughnut shop that came under fire after announcing plans to lead a fundraiser to support local children by way of the Salvation Army. Social media comments accuse the Salvation Army of not supporting the LGBTQ community.
The doughnut shop announced its plan on Facebook. Users did not take kindly to the fact that The Holy Donut partnered with The Salvation Army to find a few children in need. Commenters on Facebook took issue with the partnership, alleging that The Salvation Army has a history of discriminating against the LGBT community. The Salvation Army has denied that it discriminates against anybody for any reason.
Has anyone heard of this previously regarding the Salvation Army? I had no idea, they are huge around here at the holidays with their Red Kettle campaign.
Doughnut shop receives backlash for partnering with Salvation Army | WCSH6.com
Those are the latest words from the owners of The Holy Donut, a Portland doughnut shop that came under fire after announcing plans to lead a fundraiser to support local children by way of the Salvation Army. Social media comments accuse the Salvation Army of not supporting the LGBTQ community.
The doughnut shop announced its plan on Facebook. Users did not take kindly to the fact that The Holy Donut partnered with The Salvation Army to find a few children in need. Commenters on Facebook took issue with the partnership, alleging that The Salvation Army has a history of discriminating against the LGBT community. The Salvation Army has denied that it discriminates against anybody for any reason.
Has anyone heard of this previously regarding the Salvation Army? I had no idea, they are huge around here at the holidays with their Red Kettle campaign.
Doughnut shop receives backlash for partnering with Salvation Army | WCSH6.com