Nonviolence

With the Rev. Dr. Mel White"Seeing Our Adversaries In A Whole New Way…" A Note from Jerry Falwell "…the death of Matthew Shepard…was senseless and tragic. My heart goes out to the families left behind. They are in my prayers. I will never condone violence or hatred against another man because of his beliefs, lifestyle […]

With the Rev. Dr. Mel White"The Journey Gets Dangerous…" ONCE UPON A TIME…An athletic young woman jogged on a path beside a deep, rushing river. In the stillness she heard a faint cry for help. A young boy was caught in the current and if not rescued, would surely die. The young woman dove into […]

With the Rev. Dr. Mel White"The Call to Risk…" From an Email I received February 23, 1999"Dear Mel…I will continue to voice my opinions with ridicule, disgust, animosity and yes, even hate towards the likes of Falwell…They deserve it all…Even if you want to love them Mel, go right ahead, but I will not be […]

With the Rev. Dr. Mel White"The Call to Risk Action…" HELP CUT OFF THE SUFFERING AT ITS SOURCEDo you remember the story from File #11 of a young women who dove into the river to rescue and revive a drowning boy? It was just one of the parables told to make Gandhi’s point. Let’s pick […]

With the Rev. Dr. Mel WhiteTaking Our First Steps Towards Lynchburg [From an email I received February 27, 1999]"Please, Mel, just shut up and go away. Take your "soul-force", goody-two-shoes, peacenick Gandhi crap with you when you go. That Gandhi stuff would NOT have worked at Stonewall. Please be quiet, and give our ears a […]

With the Rev. Dr. Mel White"Soulforce Guidelines for Direct Action" Jerry Falwell met with us on August 17, 1999, and agreed to "soften" his antigay rhetoric. He even invited 200 of us to a dinner in Lynchburg, Oct. 22-24. We don’t know what will happen that weekend in Lynchburg, but we do know that we […]