SBC President James Merritt asked to publicly refute Justice Roy Moore’s "execution" statement at June 11 Press Conference Soulforce Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseContact: Laura Montgomery RuttCell: 717-278-0592email: soulforcemedia@aol.com Soulforce vows to escalate nonviolent protests at Southern Baptist Convention in St. Louis on June 11 (Laguna Beach, CA) – Hundreds of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender […]
Archives for May 2002
Memo to St. Louis Police
A FAX MEMOMay 24, 2002 T0: Sergeant William G. Swiderski, Intelligence Division, St. Louis Police DepartmentSergeant Scott A. Gardner, Operational Planning, St. Louis Police Department FAX: 314-444-5450 Dear Sergeants Swiderski and Gardner,First, may I thank you for your courtesy, patience, and understanding. Bill Carpenter, our Soulforce liaison officer for the Southern Baptist Convention in St. […]
Soulforce Letter to James Merritt, President of the Southern Baptist Convention
May 23, 2002 Dr. James Merritt, President, Southern Baptist ConventionFirst Baptist SnellvillePO Box 647Snellville, GA 30078Fax: 770-982-0906 Dear Rev. Merritt, For the past three years Soulforce leaders have written and faxed you relentlessly, urging you to meet with us to discuss the tragic consequences of the anti-homosexual words and actions by members of the Southern […]
Why We Can’t Wait… To End This Debate!
Although Soulforce is all inclusive (interfaith and ecumenical), this article was written to my Christian friends who have become the primary source of misinformation about God’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender children. While President George Bush conducts his war against fundamentalist Muslims in Afghanistan, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans are under siege by fundamentalist […]
Express Your Outrage over Continuing Anti-gay Rhetoric from Catholic Leaders
May 1, 2002 ACTION ALERT Sponsored by Dignity/USA, the nation’s oldest and largest organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Catholics, our families, friends and supporters. On Friday, April 26, 2002, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia, made the following statement: "We feel a person who is homosexual-oriented is not a suitable candidate for the […]