With the Rev. Dr. Mel White"THE QUESTION OF FAITH…" [An Atheist Responds to our Journey into Soulforce]"…Through education and a disgust with the religious right, atheism is a growing movement. I hope you will respect our right to not believe in the Moses god as we respect your right to believe…You wrote that Soulforce was […]
Nonviolence
The Original 17 Step Journey: Step 4
With the Rev. Dr. Mel White"SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND SOULFORCE…" Another Gay Man Is Murdered"Until the day when he was beaten to death and burned, Billy Jack Gaither, 39, lived with his disabled parents in their white clapboard house, tending to their needs, cooking dinner and cleaning up, singing in the choir of his Baptist church. […]
The Original 17 Step Journey: Step 5
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 […]
The Original 17 Step Journey: Step 1
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 […]
The Original 17 Step Journey: Getting Ready for a Journey into Soulforce
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. […]
The Original 17 Step Journey: Step 6
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 […]