****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: April 14, 2006 For Immediate Release Contact: Richard Lindsay, 646-258-7193 richard@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Colorado Springs, CO) – Military police descended on Equality Riders, handcuffed, and detained them, when they attempted to present a check for signing to the commandant of the Air Force Academy. The check was made out to the Department […]
Air Force Academy
Photos from the Soulforce Equality Ride, April 14th, 2006
Photos by Stephanie Houfek The Equality Riders vigil at the U.S. Air Force Academy Equality Rider Kevin Mumaugh, who was born at the Air Force Academy and baptized in the school’s famous chapel, speaks Jacob Reitan presents a check for $364,000,000 — the amount the government has spent training LGBT service members who have been […]
Soulforce Equality Ride Students Announce Historic Itinerary
****************************************** SOULFORCE MEDIA ALERT: January 13, 2006 For Immediate Release Contact: Jacob Reitan, 952-212-8311, jake@soulforce.org Robyn Murphy, 612-965-0838, robyn@soulforce.org ****************************************** (Dallas, TX) With only fifty days till the wheels start rolling; Soulforce announces the historic itinerary of colleges and universities that have anti-gay admission policies. “Colleges and Universities don’t want to make this list! This […]
The 2006 Equality Ride Route: U.S. Air Force Academy
The full name of the military policy that effectively bans homosexuals is “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Harass, Don’t Pursue.” Homosexuality is grounds for dismissal. They attempt to draw a fine line between practice and orientation, but in reality the division is nonexistent. 10,000. That is the number of soldiers who were kicked out of […]