Makes me even happier I give them money. Because they learned from past mistakes and advance people based on skills, not skin-tone. A man can earn his rank and know he got to the top because earned it.

Congratulations Commissioner Commander Israel L. Gaither, you’re a class act!

He fought the Jim Crow of old and now he’s got a new fight. Against…..yup, the pro-gay lobby! Despite the good work this charity does, if you do your work in Jesus name and keep his commandments they want to tear you down!

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Another challenge is the Army’s insistence that staffers uphold its beliefs, which includes limiting sex to man-woman marriage. A New York lawsuit is in process and some cities have ended Army contracts under pressure from gay activists.

Gaither says this hasn’t hurt fundraising, which has hit record levels. “People trust the Salvation Army,” he said.

“We’re going to obey the laws of the land. However, we will not give up our standards. We are rooted in biblical concepts,” he said. “We want employees to understand our values and abide by them … we’re not going to compromise.”

He emphasized that in dispensing social services, the Army helps those in need without discrimination.

Though many officers are raised within the Army, Gaither was a black Baptist preacher’s son in New Castle, Pa. He had contemplated a clergy career before attending Army youth programs ? a summer working at an Army camp “was the hook God used to attract me” to an Army career.

Gaither underwent officer training in New York, took added coursework at Gordon College and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and led congregations in Pennsylvania and New York.

He became America’s first black divisional commander, in southern New England and western Pennsylvania, and first territorial commander, supervising Eastern states. He also commanded the Southern Africa territory, the first U.S. black in such a post overseas.

Since 2002, Gaither has been Chief of the Staff, the second-ranking officer at world headquarters in London.

Keep God first brother and everything will be alright!