The Soulforce Equality Ride Rides Again!

April 30, 2007 · By Aaron Unruh

Ten gay rights protesters, members of the (I’m not making this up) Soulforce Equality Ride, were recently arrested during an attempt to intimidate students at a Christian University:

The activists, who were later released, were among 50 members of the group Soulforce Equality Riders, which is on a national tour to promote gay rights at the nation’s conservative Christian universities and military academies.

More on the Soulforce Equality Ride:

In 2006, during the inaugural Equality Ride, participants traveled to nineteen schools and engaged students, faculty, and administrators in conversation about the damaging effects of homophobic doctrine, the false notion that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender identities are sick and sinful…Two buses are taking the group on two distinct routes around the country in creative pursuit of social justice. In doing so, they are empowered to change countless lives. Love liberates the oppressed, redeems the lost, and resurrects the spirit.

Hallelujah!

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One Response to “The Soulforce Equality Ride Rides Again!”

  1. Alex on May 1st, 2007 12:31 pm [#]

    What makes you believe that they were “intimidating” students? They began their protest by opening their Bibles and bowing their head in prayer. Then some of them stepped on to campus and refused to step off when security told them to leave.
    http://wkbt.com/Global/story.a.....=menu239_2

    If they were anti-abortion protesters, you’d be calling them pious, peaceful and respectful. Where is the “intimidation”? Which students exactly were intimidated?

    You say: “Hallelujah!” The mother of one of the riders says:

    As I watched the buses head out of Minneapolis as they began their journey, I said a prayer of thanksgiving for the passion in the hearts of the 50 young activists to bear witness across the country to the simple truth that GLBT students are children of God who should be treated with dignity and acceptance. I prayed for their safety and for their courage to go to places that are not welcoming but need to hear the message of the inherent worth of all human beings.

    http://www.mankatofreepress.co.....03402.html

    Hallelujah indeed.

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