November 7, 1999 To:Bishops Grove and MartinezThe Jury Pool and All Trial ParticipantsAll Clergy and Laity of the United Methodist Church Re: The Trial of Jimmy Creech Grand Island, Nebraska, November 17-18, 1999 Brothers and Sisters, Greetings, There are rumors circulating on the Internet that our Soulforce delegation is coming to Grand Island "to disrupt" […]
Archives for November 1999
White Begs Methodists to Cancel Creech Trial, Calls Tribunal an "Act of Spiritual Violence"
Promises Soulforce Intervention in Nebraska, Nov. 16-18. November 2, 1999 A Soulforce News Alert GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, NOV. 2, 1999 – Just days after returning from their "Anti-Violence Forum" with Jerry Falwell in Lynchburg, Virginia, Mel White and his Soulforce team of GLBT people of faith and their allies are training for a nonviolent "Intervention" […]
Associated Press Article: "An Unlikely Friendship, A Historic Meeting"
Jerry Falwell and Mel White Join ForcesAssociated Press, November 1, 1999by Lynn Rosellini They really do love each other, though sometimes you have to look beyond the brickbats to see it. The Rev. Jerry Falwell call the Rev. Mel White an unrepentant sinner who is leading Christian youth down the path of evil. White says […]
Time Magazine Article: "An End to Hatred"
In a dramatic turnaround, Falwell reaches out to gays and lesbians, a group he once openly despisedTime Magazine, November 1, 1999By John Cloud The Rev. Jerry Falwell stuffs a leather-bound "giant-print" Bible under an arm so he can pop a Rolaids into his mouth. He eats fatty food too often at the Backyard Grill in […]