Gay activist group debates homosexuality at Liberty University Wednesday, October 1, 2008 By Christa Desrets, Lynchburg News & Advance The dialogue began slowly. Five members of the gay activist group Soulforce held hands Wednesday afternoon and stood to face about 50 Liberty University students behind the school’s DeMoss Hall in Lynchburg. They had just returned […]
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2008 Equality Ride Route: Morehouse College
The Equality Ride stop at Morehouse College is October 9, 2008. The Equality Rider organizing the stop at Morehouse College is Jarrett Lucas. Jarrett Lucas jarrett@equalityride.com If you are a student at Morehouse College, an alum of Morehouse College, or a concerned citizen in the Atlanta, Georgia area and would like to help with the […]
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 […]
Five Arrested at Mississippi College; Members of Nationwide Journey of Gay and Straight Young Adult Leaders Challenge Anti-gay Policy
****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 22, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Bronwen Tomb, East Bus Media Assistant Cell: 612-715-6284, bronwen@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Clinton, MS) — Five young adults were arrested today for walking onto the campus of Mississippi College to engage students in dialogue. These individuals, part of the 2007 Soulforce Equality Ride, came to speak […]
"Our Lives Aren’t Wrong"; OBU Students Join With Equality Riders to Deliver Message of Love
Six Young Adults Arrested; OBU Students Take Up Banner Affirming LGBT Lives ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 15, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Kyle DeVries, East Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6284, kyle@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Shawnee, Oklahoma) — Six young adults were arrested on the Oklahoma Baptist University campus today as they attempted to deliver a tapestry […]
Equality Riders Arrested at Oklahoma Baptist University; Administration Reneges on Last Year’s Promise to Protect LGBT Students
****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 15, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Kyle DeVries, East Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6284, kyle@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Shawnee, Oklahoma) — Yesterday, 5 Equality Riders were arrested for attempting to worship at chapel with students from Oklahoma Baptist University. The Soulforce Equality Ride is a nationwide journey of 50 young adults visiting […]