Thank you for your support on the attempt to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Senate Republicans blocked the bill that contains the repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" from even receiving an up-or-down vote. Not a single one broke ranks. It’s an outrage. But this doesn’t mean the fight is over. Senate majority leader Harry […]
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Executive Director to Join Dialogue with Servicemember’s Legal Defense Network
Two weeks ago, Soulforce Executive Director, Dr. Cindi Love and Soulforce Founder, Rev. Mel White, went to Washington, D.C. to meet with eleven LGBTQ advocacy groups, including the Servicemember’s Legal Defense Network. Dr. Love has been invited to join the conference calls with SLDN to provide insight regarding the influence of fundamentalist religious leaders within […]
A film featuring Soulforce activism
A film featuring Soulforce activismPremiers tonight on PBS9pm Central/10pm Eastern Ask Not is a rare and compelling exploration of the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. This award-winning film exposes the tangled political battles that led to the discriminatory law, and profiles courageous young activists determined to abolish it. As wars in the Middle […]
Soulforce Responds to Cancellation of Gay Navy Vet’s Memorial
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: August 13, 2007For Immediate ReleaseContact: Paige Schilt, Director of Public Relations and MediaCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org****************************************** (Arlington, TX) –Last week High Point Church, a nondenominational megachurch, canceled a memorial service for Navy veteran Cecil Howard Sinclair because the deceased was gay. According to the Dallas Morning News, High Point’s pastor defended the decision to […]
Six Vassar Students Arrested in Times Square Protest Over "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell"
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: November 5, 2006For Immediate ReleaseContact: Haven Herrin, 469-867-5725, haven@soulforce.org****************************************** (New York, NY) — Six Vassar College students were arrested at 3 p.m. Friday at the Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square. The students were holding a peaceful sit-in to protest the federal policy that denies openly gay Americans the right to […]
Right to Serve Campaign Returns to New York
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: November 3, 2006For Immediate ReleaseContact: Haven Herrin, 469-867-5725, haven@soulforce.org****************************************** (New York, NY) — At 1:00 pm today, Curt Peterson will walk into the Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square for an appointment with an Army recruiting officer. He hopes the recruiter shows up. Peterson was one of three openly gay Americans […]