******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: November 14, 2006For Immediate ReleaseContact: Paige Schilt, Media DirectorCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org****************************************** (Austin, TX) — The social justice organization Soulforce has launched a campaign urging LGBT people and straight allies to write letters of concern and compassion to Rev. Ted Haggard, the deposed Pastor of New Life Church and former President of the National […]
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Soulforce Urges Compassion for Haggard and Accountability for the National Association of Evangelicals
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: November 6, 2006For Immediate ReleaseContact: Paige Schilt, Media DirectorCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org****************************************** (Austin, TX) — In response to the news that Rev. Ted Haggard has been dismissed by New Life Church and resigned as President of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), Soulforce Executive Director Jeff Lutes urged the gay community to be compassionate […]
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 […]
New Jersey Court Affirms Equal Rights for Same-sex Partners: Soulforce Urges the State Legislature to Act Boldly to End Discrimination
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: October 26, 2006For Immediate ReleaseContact: Paige Schilt, Media DirectorCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org****************************************** (Austin, TX) — In a momentous decision yesterday, the New Jersey Supreme court ruled that "committed same-sex couples must be afforded on equal terms the same rights and benefits enjoyed by opposite-sex couples." While the court unanimously affirmed gay and lesbian couples’ […]
Monday at Regent University
by Carl Millender Today began with a sense of awe at what I was going to do and work that was taking place. Never before in my life have I felt as though I had such purpose; and yet, for that last few days on this ride, I have begun every day with this same […]