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Fri, 22 December 2006

Stand UP Speak OUT Great American Roadcast - Episode 4 - Peggy Campolo

This interview is with Peggy Campolo, an evangelical Christian who challenges evangelical churches to re-think their stand against gay and lesbian people. She is on the Advisory Board of the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists, and speaks frequently to church and campus groups. Peggy is also a highly-visible advocate for the full inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans-gender people within the church. She is a member of PFLAG and Evangelicals Concerned, and is a member of Central Baptist Church in Wayne, Pennsylvania. A graduate of Eastern College, Peggy is a writer and editor. She contributed to a book by Walker Wink entitled, Homosexuality and Christian Faith. Questions on Conscience for the Churches. Dotti and Peggy first met in 1999, when Soulforce initially met in Lynchburg, VA, to confront the spiritual violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons. Peggy and her husband, Tony Campolo, are well known for their talk, "Living with Our Differences," which they have given at numerous churches.

Click on this link: http://static.flickr.com/142/326913996_09d6ef6245_o.jpg to see a great photo of Peggy with Peterson Toscano and "Momma" (Worthie Meacham) at a recent conference. For some good reading, see Peterson Toscano's blog: http://www.a_musing.blogspot.com/

Direct download: Peggy_Campolo.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:18 AM

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Wed, 20 December 2006

Stand UP Speak OUT Great American Roadcast - Episode 5 - Rev. Dr. Mel White

Dotti Berry met Mel White in 1999 in Lynchburg, VA, as they sought to dialogue with Rev. Jerry Falwell at the initial gathering of Soulforce , a group dedicated to freedom for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from religious and political oppression through the practice of relentless non-violent resistance. In this interview with Rev. Dr. Mel White, a Christian minister, author, and filmmaker, Dotti gets the inside scoop.

Raised as a evangelical Christian, Mel was taught that homosexuality was a sin, and he fought to overcome his own homosexual orientation for decades in all ways available to him: prayer, psychotherapy, exorcism, electric shock, marriage and family. His struggle to understand and accept his homosexuality, reconcile it with his Christian faith, and express his sexuality respectfully and responsibly, are described in his book "Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America," published in 1994. His latest book, "Religion Gone Bad - The Hidden Dangers of Fundamentalism," was released in September, 2006. You can click here to order either book.

Direct download: Rev_Dr_Mel_White.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:43 AM