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"Gay Days" at the Mega-churches: LGBT Families & Allies Reflect on the American Family Outing

June 24, 2008 by soulforce

******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: June 24, 2008For Immediate Release
Contact: Paige Schilt, 
Media DirectorCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org
****************************************** On Father’s Day 2008, a group of LGBT and straight-ally families attended services at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. The next day, a smaller group of about 8 families met with pastors and other staff of the influential mega-church […]

Filed Under: Press Tagged With: american family outing, bob bednar, california, Christian Supremacy, colage, Gay Christian, gay days, Homophobia, Joel Osteen, lake forest, lakewood church, LGBT activism, LGBT history, lgbtq, LGBTQI, metropolitan community church, National Black Justice Coalition, paige schilt, Queer activism, Religion-based violence, rick warren, saddleback church, soulforce

Soulforce Releases Video of Bishop Harry Jackson

May 30, 2008 by soulforce

******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: May 30, 2008For Immediate Release
Contact: Paige Schilt, 
Media DirectorCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org
****************************************** (Friday, May 30, 2008) Today Soulforce posted a video of Bishop Harry Jackson’s closing remarks at a dinner meeting with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) families at his Beltsville, Maryland church on May 24, 2008. "I want to thank you for […]

Filed Under: Press Tagged With: afo, american family outing, christian broadcasting network, Christian Supremacy, Gay Christian, harry jackson, Homophobia, hope christian church, lakewood church, LGBT activism, LGBT history, lgbtq, LGBTQI, paige schilt, Queer activism, Religion-based violence, soulforce, the potter's house

Soulforce Issues Statement on California Marriage Ruling

May 15, 2008 by soulforce

******************************************SOULFORCE MEDIA ADVISORY: May 15, 2008For Immediate Release
Contact: Paige Schilt, 
Media DirectorCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org
****************************************** (Austin, TX) — Soulforce commends the California Supreme Court in doing justice for same-gender couples by striking down the state’s ban on gay marriage. In a historic 4-3 decision today, the court ruled that the voter approved Proposition 22 is unconstitutional. The […]

Filed Under: Press, Right to Marriage Tagged With: california, Christian Supremacy, Gay Christian, Homophobia, jeff lutes, LGBT activism, LGBT history, lgbtq, LGBTQI, marriage equality, paige schilt, proposition 22, Queer activism, Religion-based violence, right to marry, same-sex marriage, soulforce

A Soulforce Open Letter to Members of the United Methodist Church

May 1, 2008 by soulforce

On April 30, 2008, delegates to your General Conference meeting in Ft. Worth, Texas, voted to keep these words in their Book of Discipline: "The United Methodist Church does not condone the practice of homosexuality and considers this practice incompatible with Christian teaching." Since 1972 United Methodists have used these words to deny lesbian and […]

Filed Under: United Methodist Church Tagged With: Christian Supremacy, Gay Christian, Homophobia, jeff lutes, LGBT activism, LGBT history, lgbtq, LGBTQI, marriage equality, Mel White, methodist, ordination, paige schilt, Queer activism, Religion-based violence, right to marry, same-sex marriage, soulforce, umc, united methodist church

Photos from the Ex-Gay Survivor’s Conference

June 30, 2007 by soulforce

LGBT Resource Center at the University of California – Irvine Jeff Lutes speaks to the group Jallen Rix performs Peterson Toscano in Doing Time The Homo No Mo Halfway House Paige Schilt directs the media Kara Speltz handles registration Registration Jeremy Marks welcomes a friend Mike Airhart and Ken Gathering for the Chalk Talk Discussing […]

Filed Under: Conversion Therapy Tagged With: Christian Supremacy, conversion therapy, ex-gay, Gay Christian, Homophobia, jeff lutes, LGBT activism, LGBT history, lgbtq, LGBTQI, Mel White, paige schilt, peterson toscano, phil lawson, Queer activism, Religion-based violence, reparative therapy, soulforce, sylvia rhue

Soulforce Launches Letter-writing Campaign to Ted Haggard

November 14, 2006 by soulforce

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

Filed Under: Church Work Tagged With: Christian Supremacy, Gay Christian, Homophobia, jack hayford, james dobson, letter writing campaign, LGBT activism, LGBT history, lgbtq, LGBTQI, national association of evangelicals, new life church, paige schilt, Queer activism, Religion-based violence, soulforce, ted haggard, tommy barnett

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