Registration begins JD and Phil Lawson lead in music Singing We Shall Overcome Karen Weldin with a young Soulforce volunteer Jimmy Creech leads in the training Bill Carpenter and JD Vigiling in front of the church Phil Lawson and Jimmy Creech Vigiling in front of the church Karen, Marylee, and Judy Being a witness in […]
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Media Coverage of Soulforce at the Karen Dammann Trial, March 16-17, 2004
UNITED METHODIST NEWS http://www.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=2&mid=3696 —————– Seattle Times – Seattle,WA,USA PROTESTERS arrested as church trial of gay minister set to begin … The protesters are members of Soulforce, a national interfaith gay rights group that had promised to stop the trial through acts of civil disobedience. … http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001881107_webmethodist17.html ————- 365 Gay.com – USA PROTESTORS Arrested At […]
United Methodist
The United Methodist Church, with over 10 million members, condemns homosexual persons by calling all sexual activity between people of the same gender as "incompatible with Christian teachings." The denomination also forbids its ministers from performing both marriages and commitmitment ceremonies for same-gender couples. Additionally, United Methodist Church doctrine bans "self-avowed practing homosexuals" from the […]
United Methodist News Service: "Bishop, 180 Others Arrested in Protest Over Church’s Gay Policies"
May 10, 2000 United Methodist News Service CLEVELAND (UMNS) – More than 180 people, including a United Methodist bishop, were arrested May 10 for engaging in civil disobedience as a way of protesting United Methodist policies regarding homosexuality. The arrests followed a rally and a march around the Cleveland Convention Center, where delegates to the […]