****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: April 17, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Provo, Utah) — Three weeks after the Soulforce Equality Ride visited the campus to deliver a list of community concerns for the wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students, officials at Brigham […]
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Eight Arrested at BYU, Two From Church of Latter-Day Saints
Peaceful Dialogue Denied; Return Visit to Campus Tomorrow ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: April 16, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Rexburg, Idaho) — On Monday, April 16th, the Equality Ride (a national tour of gay and straight young adults on a mission to end religion-based discrimination) […]
Equality Ride Bridges the Gap Between Gays, Christians
Christian Schools Acknowledge the Reality of Sexual Minority Students ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: April 5, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com Brandy Daniels, East Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6284, brandy@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Fresno, California) — This week, after almost 4 weeks on the road, 26 young proponents of […]
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 […]
National Tour of Christian Colleges Faces Resistance at Mississippi College, BYU
Echoes of the Past as Mississippi Town Attempts to Restrict Constitutional Rights; ACLU Intervenes Mormons Bar Equality Riders on All Church Property ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 21, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com Kyle DeVries, East Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6284, kyle@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Provo, UT and […]
"Barred From the Churches of Our Birth"; Mormons Ban Equality Riders on All Church Property
Sexual Minority Mormon Youth Disenfranchised ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 17, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Salt Lake City, UT) — Late Thursday night Soulforce Equality Riders received a letter from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints asking that Equality Riders “not enter […]