>From: Nathaniel Batchelder <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >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. > >JusticeNet Archives >Justice Actions you may have missed _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com