I applaud the gay spiritual group "Soulforce" for its efforts at
creating a dialogue with students and faculity and conservative
religious colleges. And it's heartening that some (though not all)
of these religious institutions are welcoming that dialogue, as
reports the Washington Post in "A
Drive for Understanding":
At least eight of the 19 schools...not only have agreed to let the [Soulforce] activists on campus but have planned open forums for them, including talks in classrooms, visits with student leaders and the school president, panel discussions and, in one case, a coffee klatch titled "The Message of Brokeback Mountain." ...
Officials at the schools hosting the Equality Riders said...they saw an opportunity to replace the stereotype of the intolerant conservative Christian with a more compassionate "Christ-centered" response-albeit a response that still views homosexuality as a sin.
At how many liberal-left schools would dialogue with
conservative religious activists be welcomed, rather than shouted
down?
--Stephen H. Miller