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PRESS RELEASE: Gay Christian Leaders Speak Out in Colorado Springs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

JULY 21, 2006

The 1000 Watt March, Vigil, and Concert: Shedding the Powerful Light of Truth on the Anti-Gay Dishonesty of Focus on the Family

Families and friends from across America march with a powerful message for Focus on the Family: "Dr. Dobson—Learn from History. End Religion-Based Discrimination Against Our Families."

http://www.soulforce.org/article/737

Soulforce is gathering thousands of people for a nonviolent direct action on July 22, 2006 in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the Focus on the Family headquarters for. Actor and activist Chad Allen and Judy Shepard, executive director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, will lead the march to Focus on the Family, and Broadway Star Billy Porter will perform his amazing and powerful evening concert of jazz, rhythm, and blues in front of Dobson's complex. Lifting our voices in word and song, we will gather to show the public the loving and vibrant spirit of our community and peacefully call all fair-minded Americans to resist injustice. Throughout history, fundamentalists have misused religion to discriminate against people of color, women, and interracial families. Now, gays and lesbians are the target of their oppression. Together, we must peacefully demand that America learn from history and end religion based discrimination.

Photos of the March and other information is available at http://www.soulforce.org/article/737.