Soulforce and the Lutheran Alliance for Full Participation conducted vigils and leafleting during the ELCA Churchwide Assembly to help educate voting members Press Release: August 16, 2003For Immediate ReleaseContact: Laura Montgomery RuttCell 717-278-0592 email:Laura@soulforce.org (Milwaukee, WI) – On the final afternoon session of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly, voting members rejected […]
Archives for August 2003
Soulforce Report August 13, 2003 from ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Milwaukee
Greetings from the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Milwaukee! August 13, 2003 The past three days have been busy and empowering. The Lutheran Alliance for Full Participation develops daily flyers that we hand out each morning. Hundreds of Lutherans stop and thank us for our presence, look at our blown-up photos of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and […]
Soulforce Report August 15, 2003 from ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Milwaukee
Soulforce Greetings – Friday, August 15, 2003 from the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Milwaukee! These past two days have been exciting, and at times challenging. For the most part, we have been welcomed and embraced, both literally and figuratively! No matter how long we vigil, it is still amazing to see hundreds of Lutherans walking […]
Nonviolence Direct Actions Take Place this Week in Milwaukee to Support Gay and Lesbian Lutherans
Soulforce and Lutheran Alliance for Full Participation to conduct Vigils, Leafleting, and Nonviolence Trainings during the ELCA Churchwide Assembly, August 11-17 in Milwaukee ***************************************************Press Release: August 11, 2003For Immediate ReleaseContact: Laura Montgomery RuttCell 717-278-0592 email:Laura@soulforce.org**************************************************** (Lynchburg, VA) – Soulforce is in Milwaukee this week at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly (August […]
Soulforce, Inc. Issues Policy Statement on Civil Marriage in Light of Comments by Religious and Political Leaders
MARRIAGE IS A CIVIL RIGHT Soulforce, Inc. Policy Statement on Civil Marriage August 1, 2003 Since the day the Supreme Court released its decision on the Lawrence v. Texas sodomy case that decriminalized private sexual activity between consenting adults, the debate has turned to civil marriage. Soulforce, Inc. strongly supports the civil rights of all […]