The far-left student government at the University of California-Berkeley is calling for the removal of Salvation Army donation boxes from the campus, charging that the charity organization is “homophobic.”

The Associated Students of the University of California have passed a resolution demanding that the university ban the Salvation Army’s Christmas appeal from university property.

“Cal is home to students of a multitude of backgrounds, including queer students, who may take offense to the presence of collection containers operated by a discriminatory religious organization,” the resolution reads.

“Allowing the Salvation Army to collect donations on campus…empowers the organization…to advocate discrimination against queer people,” the resolution continues.

Salvation Army officials deny the accusation that they withhold assistance to individuals who profess to be homosexual.  They point to the organization’s mission statement which reads:  “Our ministry is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His Name without discrimination.”

“Most of the information fueling these concerns is based on outright false or incomplete information,” says Lt. Col. Ralph Bukiewicx, commander of the Chicago Metropolitan Division of the Salvation Army.  “It is extremely regrettable that every year it seems to surface and recirculate.”

You can support the Salvation Army’s Christmas appeal online by clicking HERE.