Soulforce to Target Vatican for its Stance on LGBT Issues

by Michael Jones · 2009-03-19 16:18:00 UTC
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Soulforce, the LGBT Christian organization founded by Rev. Mel White, has announced plans to target the Catholic community vis a vis LGBT rights.  They're planning a day of action in New York City to urge the Vatican to sign a UN statement calling for an end to violent criminalization of homosexuality around the globe.  Via Soulforce's list serve:

Please join us this spring in calling on the Vatican to support the safety and well being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. We are working to gain support from the Roman Catholic Church for the United Nations Declaration on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity...

We have sent a letter to the Archbishop in New York City, calling on him to take a personal stand against defamatory language regarding LGBT people and work in open and good faith to bring the Vatican toward supporting safety for all humans.

Wish Soulforce luck.  With this Pope, they're going to need all the help they can get.

Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He has worked in the field of human rights communications for a decade, most recently for Harvard Law School.
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