****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 28, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Kyle DeVries, East Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6284, kyle@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Williamsburg, KY) — Today, three young adults were arrested for standing on the public sidewalk perimeter of University of the Cumberlands. Twenty-two young adults from the Soulforce Equality Ride traveled to the university to […]
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Sit-in at Southern Baptist Leader’s Office Ends in 12 Arrests
12 Arrested Demanding Apology for Comments About Gay Eugenics Equality Riders Arrested for Sit-in Outside of Albert Mohler’s Office at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Mohler Refuses to Respond ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 26, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Kyle DeVries, East Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6284, kyle@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Louisville, KY) — Today, 12 young […]
Police Harass Traveling Young Adults; Nonviolent Group is Threatened and Intimidated by Officers
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 23, 2007For Immediate ReleaseContact: Kyle DeVries, East Bus Media DirectorCell: 612-715-6284, kyle@equalityride.com****************************************** (Clinton, MS) — As a traveling group of young adults attempted to recollect and depart Clinton, Mississippi, they were stopped three times by police vehicles within less than ten minutes. Their driver was subjected to threatening demands to "get […]
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 […]
Baylor Student Arrested for Action Affirming Gay Students; Equality Riders Join BU Students to Resist Climate of Silence and Fear
Administration Refuses to Discuss Safety of Gay Students ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 21, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Kyle DeVries, East Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6284, kyle@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Waco, TX) — Yesterday, six young adults were arrested for chalking on campus at Baylor University. Around 20 young adults, an even mix of Equality Riders […]