****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 26, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Kyle DeVries, East Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6284, kyle@equalityride.com ****************************************** WHAT In light of recent inflammatory comments by Albert Mohler, leaders of the Soulforce Equality Ride have decided to reroute temporarily in order to conduct a sit-in at his office in the Southern Baptist […]
Archives for March 2007
ACLU – Six National Gay Organizations Fight for Soulforce Equality Rider’s Rights; Riders Being Held in Clinton, Mississippi
Soulforce Equality Riders Bring Attention To Discrimination and Fear Civil Rights Trump Gay Rights In Mississippi – ACLU Steps In Six Major GLBT Rights Organizations Step In With Letter to The Mayor of Clinton BYU Arrests Mother and Son ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 25, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media […]
Police Harass Traveling Young Adults; Nonviolent Group is Threatened and Intimidated by Officers
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 23, 2007For Immediate ReleaseContact: Kyle DeVries, East Bus Media DirectorCell: 612-715-6284, kyle@equalityride.com****************************************** (Clinton, MS) — As a traveling group of young adults attempted to recollect and depart Clinton, Mississippi, they were stopped three times by police vehicles within less than ten minutes. Their driver was subjected to threatening demands to "get […]
Photos from the Soulforce Equality Ride East Bus, March 22nd, 2007
Photos by Adam Britt
Mormon Equality Rider and Mother Arrested at BYU; National Tour of Young Adults Out to Reconcile Gays and the Church
****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 22, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Salt Lake City, UT) — Mormon Equality Rider Kourt Osborn, and his mother, Karel Allen, were arrested in an attempt to deliver a list of concerns to the administration regarding BYU’s discriminatory policies against […]
Five Arrested at Mississippi College; Members of Nationwide Journey of Gay and Straight Young Adult Leaders Challenge Anti-gay Policy
****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 22, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Bronwen Tomb, East Bus Media Assistant Cell: 612-715-6284, bronwen@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Clinton, MS) — Five young adults were arrested today for walking onto the campus of Mississippi College to engage students in dialogue. These individuals, part of the 2007 Soulforce Equality Ride, came to speak […]