Ellie Goulding threatens to boycott Salvation Army benefit at Dallas Cowboys halftime show: The pervasive power of personal influence
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 14 November 2019
⏱️ 6 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR NOVEMBER 14, 2019
Ellie Goulding's announcement that she will boycott a Salvation Army benefit concert highlights the pervasive power of personal influence in our culture. Today's podcast explores this fact and invites us to make two commitments that will glorify God and advance his kingdom.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit |
| 0:12.5 | thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.5 | Ellie Golding generated headlines yesterday with her announcement that she would boycott the |
| 0:24.6 | Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving halftime show unless the Salvation Army makes a solid, |
| 0:29.9 | committed pledge or donation to the LGBT community. |
| 0:34.4 | The singer had agreed to perform at the nationally televised show. Then fans on Instagram |
| 0:39.7 | accused the Salvation Army of discriminating against LGBTQ people and condemned her for supporting |
| 0:46.6 | the organization. She immediately made her announcement, adding that, supporting an anti-LGBQ charity |
| 0:53.5 | is clearly not something I would ever do intentionally. |
| 0:57.1 | Thank you for drawing my attention to this. |
| 0:59.7 | David Hudson, the Salvation Army's National Commander, responded. |
| 1:04.0 | With an organization of our size and history, myths can perpetuate. |
| 1:08.6 | An individual's sexual or gender identity, religion, or lifestyle, has no bearing in our willingness to perpetuate. An individual's sexual or gender identity, religion, or lifestyle has no bearing in our willingness to provide service. |
| 1:16.4 | We stand firmly behind our mission to meet human needs in his name, without discrimination. |
| 1:22.7 | Later in the day, the Salvation Army confirmed that Golding would perform as planned. |
| 1:27.9 | Hudson thanked the singer and her fans for shutting light on misconceptions and encouraging others |
| 1:33.7 | to learn the truth about the Salvation Army's mission to serve all, without discrimination. |
| 1:39.9 | We applaud her for taking time to learn about the services we provide to the LGBT community. |
| 1:46.4 | The Army's campaign is now in its 129th year and brought in $142.7 million last year to help those in need. |
| 1:58.1 | I have spoken at Salvation Army events and supported their work for years. Their service to those in need is both urgent and effective. However, the controversy sparked by Ellie Golding's announcement is not the focus of my article today. Rather, I am concerned about the dramatic degree to which LGBT activism influences our culture. |
| 2:20.3 | According to the Associated Press, the percentage of LGBT characters regularly seen on primetime broadcast television this season |
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