Nonviolence

With the Rev. Dr. Mel White"A TIME TO COMMIT…" "You Are Under Arrest!"On November 22, 1998, Martin Sheen, the actor-activist, led a march of 2,000 protestors onto the Ft. Benning military base near Columbus, Georgia. We were there to protest the "School of the Americas" — a training center for soldiers and policemen who use […]

With the Rev. Dr. Mel White"Seeing Yourself In A Whole New Way…" THIS JOURNEY IS DEDICATED TO NICHOLAS WEST AND BENNY HOGAN Nicholas On November 30, 1993, Nicholas West, a young gay man in Tyler, Texas, was kidnapped by gay bashers, tortured and terrorized in a gravel pit. His abductors shot Nicholas so many times […]

With the Rev. Dr. Mel White WELCOME!I’M GLAD YOU’RE GOING WITH US.You are about to begin a seventeen-step Journey into Soulforce. To get ready for the "Journey…" it will help you to understand exactly why we’re going. I. WE’RE GOING ON THIS JOURNEY TO HELP END THE ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL RHETORIC THAT LEADS TO SUFFERING AND DEATH. […]

With the Rev. Dr. Mel White"CREATING A SOULFORCE CREDO ABOUT YOURSELF" The saddest question of them allAfter speaking to a student assembly at Texas A&M, I joined a handful of GLBT students and their friends at a reception. As the party wound down, I saw a young man standing in the shadows obviously waiting to […]

With the Rev. Dr. Mel White"THE RHETORIC THAT LEADS TO SUFFERING MUST BE STOPPED…" Stunned!Just a few days after Jerry Falwell found himself at war with Tinky Winky, Gary and I took a long, quiet walk on Laguna’s Main Beach. We were enjoying the splendor of this sacred place when we were stunned to see […]

With the Rev. Dr. Mel White"SEEING OUR ADVERSARIES IN A WHOLE NEW WAY" (From an email I received February 22, 1999) "…We gays haven’t turned violent, YET; but let there be some more Shepard-style murders and then we shall see. Many of us older gays served in the U.S.Armed Forces and learned how to handle […]