Both sides push viewpoints at rally in Lynchburg parkBy Darrell LaurantLynchburg News and AdvanceSunday, October 12, 2003 The Rev. Mel White climbed the stone steps of the bandstand at Riverside Park Saturday afternoon and looked up the hill to where the Rev. Richard Knodel was standing with his bullhorn. "Hi, Mr. Knodel," White said. "Hi, […]
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Lynchburg News and Advance Article: "Marriage, Civil Unions Different, Advocates Say"
First Christian forum addresses the topicBy Shannon BrennanLynchburg News and AdvanceSunday, October 12, 2003 Jimmy Creech and his wife got married in a small claims courtroom in Wake County, N.C. Several days later, they had a United Methodist celebration in their backyard. "I’ve always believed that church and state should be separate," Creech told a […]
Lynchburg News and Advance Article: "Debate Over Gay Marriage Heats Up"
By Shannon BrennanLynchburg News and AdvanceSunday, October 5, 2003 Mel White has been in a committed, loving relationship for 22 years – with a man. So there’s no guarantee that when White dies, his partner Gary Nixon can get his Social Security benefits, his pension or even his property. Only a marriage license can guarantee […]
Lutheran Church Keeps its Promise to Gays and Lesbians to Issue Final Report on Study on Homosexuality in 2005 – Will Also Continue Relationship with Episcopal Church
Soulforce and the Lutheran Alliance for Full Participation conducted vigils and leafleting during the ELCA Churchwide Assembly to help educate voting members Press Release: August 16, 2003For Immediate ReleaseContact: Laura Montgomery RuttCell 717-278-0592 email:Laura@soulforce.org (Milwaukee, WI) – On the final afternoon session of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly, voting members rejected […]
Bishops Praise Vatican Statement on Denying Marriage Equality
Bishops’ Head Welcomes Vatican Statementon Legal Recognition of UnionsBetween Homosexual Personswww.usccb.org/comm/archives/2003/03-158.shtml WASHINGTON (July 31, 2003) — Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), welcomed the Vatican document entitled “Considerations regarding proposals to give legal recognition to unions between homosexual persons.” He urged Catholics and all persons of good […]
Supreme Court Overturns Texas Sodomy Law
Soulforce Expresses Jubilation and Hope for the Future Soulforce Press Release: June 26, 2003For Immediate ReleaseContact: Laura Montgomery RuttCell 717-278-0592 (Lynchburg, VA) – Leaders of Soulforce today express jubilation at the decision by the United States Supreme Court in Lawrence v Texas overturning Texas’s sodomy law. Until today, it had been illegal in 13 states […]