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Relentless Nonviolent Resistance since 1998

LGBTQI

"Barred From the Churches of Our Birth"; Mormons Ban Equality Riders on All Church Property

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Sexual Minority Mormon Youth Disenfranchised ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 17, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Salt Lake City, UT) — Late Thursday night Soulforce Equality Riders received a letter from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints asking that Equality Riders “not enter […]

"Our Lives Aren’t Wrong"; OBU Students Join With Equality Riders to Deliver Message of Love

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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 […]

A letter from a current student at LeTourneau University

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I was gay before I was a Christian, but I did not really know it at the time. While one pair of my grandparents were devout, my parents didn’t care about religion, and neither did I for the majority of my life. In rural East Texas, practically everyone at least claims to be Christian, though, […]

Equality Riders Arrested at Oklahoma Baptist University; Administration Reneges on Last Year’s Promise to Protect LGBT Students

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****************************************** 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 […]

Photos from the Soulforce Equality Ride West Bus, March 15th – 16th, 2007

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Photos by Allison Eby and Delfin Bautista Riders at Tulip on Troost Riders shoveling for tulip planting Working on the postcards to send out Riders shovel dirt with a new friend Riders and bus driver shovel for Tulips on Troost Riders at a rest stop on way to Kansas City Riders participate in service activity […]