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State of Religion
More Light Presbyterians Commend Obama Administration Stand for Global LGBT Rights
This is an amazing moment and a historic shift in global equality work, in the tangible efforts to decriminalize the lives of LGBT people around the world. Read more here >>
Holiday Season Boycott?
Longtime benevolence ministry, the Salvation Army, is answering to anti-LGBT practices through a US nationwide call to boycott. Read this statement considering why or why not you might make this stand. Read more here >>
Why Religion?
We recognize that oppression is most often rooted in religious belief and ideologies of power in which women, people of color and non-gender conforming (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer) people are subjugated and subjected to the violence of exclusion. You will find us most often in dialogue with religious leaders, denominations and institutions who discriminate in polity, policy or practice. We are committed to decriminalization of sexual minorities by all church and state sanctioned organizations worldwide.
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News to know
Jan. 22nd - Equality Ride Co-Director Writes Op-Ed in the Advocate
Jan. 16th - PFLAG: A Letter from a Soldier to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jan. 15th - Above the Clouds: A Reflection on the 2012 Soulforce Equality Ride Training
Jan. 10th - Press Release: Soulforce Equality Ride Announces 2012 Co-Directors
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Equality Ride Co-Director Writes Op-Ed in the Advocate
This article was reprinted with permission from The Advocate. The director of programs for Soulforce Equality Ride sees this year’s event as all the more important given the political backdrop it will happen against. To read the full article, please follow this link: http://www.advocate.com/Politics/Commentary/Oped_While_the_Candidates_Run_We_Ride/
PFLAG: A Letter from a Soldier to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Letter to Dr. King from a foot solider for all equality… Dear Dr. Martin Luther King; A very close clergy friend of mine each year writes a letter to you that assesses the current state of racial and other matters against the background of your significant leadership. His letter is read throughout the United …
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