While Amy Gage’s Sept. 10 Seeker’s Diary "The courage to leave — or to stay" hit home with me, it doesn’t speak to the reason a person leaves a faith community. Sometimes it is not the lack of courage but the fear of losing the very faith you hold dear. It is the fear of […]
Archives for September 2005
Soulforce Postpones the Washington D.C. Action in Favor of National Week of Prayer and Vigils, Nov. 7-12, 2005
******************************************SOULFORCE MEDIA ALERT: September 23, 2005For Immediate ReleaseContact: Robyn Murphy, 314-712-7431, robyn@soulforce.org****************************************** In response to recent Vatican announcements, Soulforce will postpone the Washington DC action at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in favor of allocating resources to the National Week of Prayer, Nov. 7-12, 2005. The two Vatican announcements of the impending visits to […]
Soulforce’s Equality Ride to go to the Naval Academy
****************************************** SOULFORCE MEDIA ALERT: September 21, 2005 Press Advisory: Equality Ride to go to the Naval Academy Contact: Jacob Reitan, Equality Ride, Director Soulforce, PO Box 3195, Lynchburg, VA 24503 Office: 434-384-7696 Cell: 952-212-8311, jake@equalityride.com www.equalityride.com/navy ****************************************** Annapolis, MD – On October 21, concerned citizens from around the Washington, D.C. area will arrive by bus […]
Soulforce Asks You to Remember Our LGBTQ Families in Katrina Relief Efforts
Please give as you are able to help those in need. Our hearts go out to all those who have suffered unimaginable loss due to the impact of Hurricane Katrina. Though we are all connected and part of the same human family, the reality is that our LGBTQ brothers and sisters can have unique legal […]
365Gay.com Article: "Vatican Protest Remembers Gay Who Set Himself On Fire"
365Gay.com, 09/04/2005 (Vatican City) A small group of Americans held a silent vigil yesterday to remember Alfredo Ormando, a gay Catholic academic who set himself on fire in St. Peter’s Square in 1998. The Americans, from the LGBT religious group Soulforce, were led by Rev. Mel White. They called on Pope Benedict to apologize for […]
Associated Press Article: "Gay Activists Remember Vatican Protestor"
Associated Press, 09/03/2005 Vatican City (AP) – A small group of U.S. gay rights advocates gathered in St. Peter’s Square late last week in memory of an Italian man who burned himself to death to protest the church’s treatment of gays. Alfredo Ormando, a 40-year-old from Palermo, Sicily, set himself on fire in St. Peter’s […]