Dear Equality Ride friends, The action at Liberty University was a great success. Over fifty students from all over the Virginia area came to take a stand at Liberty. On Sunday night we gathered at First Christian Church in Lynchburg where we had a three-hour training in nonviolence led by the Rev. Mel White. After […]
Archives for April 2005
Inside Higher Ed Reports on "Gay Freedom Ride"
Gay Freedom Riders A gay rights group is using the Freedom Riders of the civil rights era as a model to promote a different kind of equality. The group — with about 60 students from colleges throughout Virginia — went to Liberty University Monday as the first stop on a protest tour of religious and […]
Rev. Jerry Falwell Reacts to the Equality Ride visit to Liberty University
The Rev. Dr. Jerry Falwell wrote the following about the Equality Ride visit to Liberty University in his “Falwell Confidential” which is sent to the members of the Moral Majority. Soulforce comes to town by Dr. Jerry Falwell This week on the campus of Liberty University, a homosexual organization known as Soul Force arrived to […]
Alert 8 to Participants
April 27, 2005 Are your bags packed? The weekend we’ve been waiting for is almost here! Here are a few last bits of information that we hope are helpful (you can visit the Soulforce website at www.soulforce.org/televangelists/dobson/2005action/index.shtmlto review previous alerts in case you missed some. 1. AN OFFICIAL WELCOME TO COLORADO SPRINGSWe have just learned […]
"Become Faithful Dissenters" – A Message from the Soulforce Catholic Team
The Soulforce Catholic Team calls on all Catholics of good will to display publicly their grief at the election of Cardinal Ratzinger to the Papacy. We declare that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is one of liberation and freedom, not fear, exclusion and division. Our beloved Pope John XXIII said that history was the teacher […]
60 Lesbian, Gay, and Allied University Students from 12 Virginia Universities to Bring Plea for "Academic Freedom" and "Personal Safety" to Falwell’s Liberty University for Liberty’s Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Transgender Students
******************************************SOULFORCE MEDIA ALERT: April 21, 2005For Immediate ReleaseContact: Jake Reitan, Director of Youth Programs952-212-8311 jake@soulforce.org****************************************** (Lynchburg, VA) At 9 a.m. Monday morning, April 25, 2005, approximately 60 students from a dozen Virginia universities will arrive by bus at the entrance to Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University determined to spend the day exchanging views about sexual orientation […]