May 31, 2000 We at Soulforce want to thank Christian Century for your recent editorial describing our civil disobedience in Cleveland’s United Methodist General Conference as "media-driven street theater." You are correct. For thirty years Protestant and Catholic leaders have debated the homosexuality issue. That debate itself has become a primary source of suffering for […]
Archives for May 2000
Article: "Gay Activists Plan Protest at General Assembly"
May 25, 2000 Soulforce group demands equal recognition for homosexuals in PC(USA)by Evan Silverstein LOUISVILLE, Ky. – As Presbyterian commissioners and guests gather for opening worship at next month’s 212th General Assembly (GA) in Long Beach, Calif., members of an ecumenical gay-rights organization will assemble outside to protest Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) policies on homosexuality. The […]
Join us at the Southern Baptist Convention, Orlando, Florida on June 13-14, 2000
A Soulforce Alert, May 23, 2000 Friends of Soulforce, Is there any chance you could join us in Orlando, Florida, Tuesday evening, June 13, and most of the day Wednesday, June 14? Here’s why. The Southern Baptist Convention is holding its national meeting June 13-14 in Orlando. With 15.8 million members in 40,000 churches, the […]
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Two Days of Civil Disobedience Stun United Methodists. 218 Arrested Demanding Justice for Sexual Minorities
Soulforce News AlertTuesday, May 16, 2000 Gandhi, King, Civil Rights Heroes and United Methodist Bishops Launch Soulforce Campaign to End "Holy War" Against Homosexuals Soulforce Announces Plans for Presbyterian and Episcopalian Events CLEVELAND (May 13, 2000) Discriminatory policies against sexual minorities in the United Methodist Church resulted in 191 arrests, May 10, and 27 arrests, […]
Civil Disobedience Planned for Presbyterian Assembly. Join Soulforce Direct Action in Long Beach June 25
A Soulforce Alert, May 15, 2000 Volunteers Needed for Arrest and Non-Arrest Tasks. (Laguna Beach, May 15) At its 212th General Assembly in Long Beach, California, June 24-July 1, the 2.5 million member Presbyterian Church U.S.A will debate (once again) the role of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered Christians in their churches. Their current discriminatory […]