******************************************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 […]
paige schilt
Soulforce Releases Video of Bishop Harry Jackson
******************************************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 […]
Soulforce Issues Statement on California Marriage Ruling
******************************************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 […]
A Soulforce Open Letter to Members of the United Methodist Church
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 […]
Photos from the Ex-Gay Survivor’s Conference
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 […]
Soulforce Launches Letter-writing Campaign to Ted Haggard
******************************************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 […]