>From: Nathaniel Batchelder <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: SPEAKING: Mel White, Nat'l Gay Writer/Speaker, in Ok.City,
>      Fri,May 3rd
>Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 18:05:22 EDT
>
>                     please DO invite others.
>                     you gotta forward this.
>     Mel White, National Gay Writer/Speaker, in Okla.City
>       7:30 pm., Friday, May 3rd
>         Church of the Open Arms - UCC
>           3131 N. Pennsylvania
>           FREE and Open to the public
>
>MEL WHITE BIOGRAPHY:
>     Deeply-religious all his life, Rev. Dr. Mel White had an extraordinary
>career producing Christian films, literature, and prize-winning TVshows.
>
>Seminary professor, pastor, and author, White became a ghost writer to
>religious leaders including Billy Graham, Pat Robertson, and Jerry Falwell.
>He married and built a family.  White seemed to be living an American
>dream.
>
>The truth was that for thirty-five years, White had struggled to "overcome"
>his homosexual orientation which he had been taught was sinful and a mental
>illness. In his autobiography, White describes a life of prayer, fasting,
>many aversive therapies, exorcism, even electric shock to "cure" his
>condition.
>
>White finally reconciled his Christian faith and sexual orientation.  His
>book "Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay And Christian In America" announced
>his
>liberation from shame and guilt, proclaiming,  "I'm gay. I'm proud.  And
>God
>loves me without reservation."
>
>White says that he and other gays and lesbians have been victims of
>misinformation, misuse and misinterpretation of scriptures.  White says
>this
>had led him and millions of others to believe that their same-sex
>orientation
>was a sickness and a sin.
>     HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION
>     For the past six years, White and his partner, Gary Nixon, have
>traveled
>across the country as the UFMCC Minister of Justice seeking equality and
>understanding for God's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered children.
>(White and his former wife have a wonderful relationship including love and
>support for their children).
>
>In 1997, Mel and Gary received the ACLU's National Civil Liberties Award in
>Atlanta, Georgia, for their efforts at applying the "soul force" principles
>of Gandhi and King to the struggle for justice for sexual minorities.
>
>White's message in national speaking tours is, "Keep the
>candle burning until justice is achieved for God's lesbian,
>gay, bisexual, and transgendered children."
>
>White's Oklahoma City visit is sponsored
>by Soulforce of Oklahoma.
>
>MORE ABOUT MEL WHITE - WEBSITE
>http://www.melwhite.org/
>Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.melwhite.org/">Mel White's JusticeNet</A>
>
>RESOURCES AVAILABLE:
>*   The Rhetoric of Intolerance: An Open Letter Video To Pat Robertson
>*   How Can I Be Sure That God Loves Me, Too?
>
>Videos In Production
>*   What the Bible Says About Homosexuality
>*   Homosexuality the Verdict is In: Not A Sickness! Not A Sin!
>
>Practical Help
>What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality:
>*   Walter Wink, Ph.D.
>*   Daniel Helminiak, Ph.D.
>*   Rembert S. Truluck, Ph.D.
>
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