FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, April 19, 2007
The
and the LGBTSU of SDSU present
PeaceCry
A Peaceful JOYtest Against
BattleCry's Call for War Against Gays and Pop Culture
MEDIA CONTACT:
Sister Hecate, Mistress of Propaganda, InfoSPISD@yahoo.com
The San Diego Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the LGBT Student Union of SDSU invite the community to join us in PeaceCry, a gathering to spread a message of love and acceptance toward all of people outside of Cox Arena during Teen Mania's BattleCry: Acquire the Fire event on April 27 and 28.
TeenMania is a militant anti-choice evangelical political organization that lobbies the government against Gay marriage and Gay rights, reproductive rights, and medically accurate and complete sex education. It exploits homophobia to preach about the so-called evils of American popular culture, and targets its message of intolerance toward 14 – 21 year olds. The organization is run by Ron Luce, is affiliated with the Arlington Group, and its major supporters include Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Joyce Meyer, American Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, the Bush Family and, formerly, the now-completely-heterosexual Ted Haggard.
The goal of PeaceCry is to express, in a festive and loving manner, our disagreement with the TeenMania’s message of intolerance. We encourage participants to bring drums, rattles, tambourines, bubble wands, bright costumes, and other tools of love, joy, and whimsy. We request that all signs bear uplifting, loving messages. While we disagree with TeenMania’s message, we do not wish to demonize them as they have demonized us.
The SD Sisters and the LGBTSU of SDSU will meet at
About the
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are a leading-edge Order of missionary nuns. Since their first appearance in
Founded in 2005, the Asylum of the Tortured Heart Incorporated, or the San Diego Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization composed of men and women dedicated to the support, education and development of the diverse communities of San Diego.
Their mission is to bring joy to the heart and liberation of the spirit wherever it is needed: in the bar, the bathhouse, the parade, the hospice, the youth shelter, the health center and the street.
The Sisters, as true nuns, follow the traditions of the women over the centuries who have dedicated their lives to selfless service for the betterment of their communities taking vows to serve each other, their neighbors and all San Diegans.
For more information on the Asylum of the Tortured Heart, please visit their website at www.sdsisters.org or email at InfoSPISD@yahoo.com.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, April 23, 2007
CALL FOR PROTEST OF FUNDAMENTALIST YOUTH “WAR” RALLY
MEDIA CONTACT:
Ben Cartwright, LGBTSU exec dir.
bcartwright@cox.net, (619) 316-9197
Sister Iona Dubble-Wyde, community activist
srionadubblewyde@yahoo.com, (619) 929-9935
SAN DIEGO — Gay community and youth activists call for peaceful protests April 27th at San Diego Cox Arena of Teenmania’s fundamentalist kids rally teaching anti-gay intolerance and war culture to seduce and prey upon teenagers.
“Teenagers and young adults should be taught love and respect not war ideas and intolerance,” states Ben Cartwright, Executive Director of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Student Union at San Diego State University, “we need to stop hate-crimes and a war against anyone including gay people is simply wrong.”
People in San Diego were angered and stunned recently by brutal hate-crime attacks after last year’s gay Pride event. Community groups have responded to stop the violence and attacks against minorities but fundamentalist youth rallies promoting intolerance don’t help.
“TeenMania’s agenda is to make these young adults interpret the Bible literally with a narrow and hateful brand of Christian fundamentalism complete with violent imagery in Jesus’ name,” say Sister Iona Dubble-Wyde of the San Diego Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, “Jesus was non-violent.”
The controversial youth event was recently condemned by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors stating in part: “It is an act of provocation when a right-wing Christian fundamentalist group brings their anti-gay and anti-choice agenda of intolerance to the steps of San Francisco.”
Activists are concerned by the extreme nature, cult-like methodology and violent imagery used to prey on the youth. A popular Christian evangelical minister, Gary DeMar, recently stated "I would execute gays only if we catch them indulging in sodomy.” Similar doomsday language and veiled calls for violence based on strict Biblical teachings are part of a larger agenda to whip up fear in the name of security.
Ron Luce, a Bush appointee to the Anti-drug Task Force and Teenmania president, hopes to raise a youth army to enact laws based on Biblical interpretation. Some have criticized Teenmania as being a Christian fascist movement, citing frequent militant statements by him at his youth rallies such as "This is war. And Jesus invites us to get into the action, telling us that the violent — the ‘forceful’ ones — will lay hold of the kingdom," and exhorting his young followers to proclaim in unison "I will keep my eyes on the battle, submitting to your code even when I don’t understand."
Organizers welcome all peace and social-justice activists and hope to put a face in front of the youth so the young teenagers can see who they are being taught to hate and that love doesn’t come with a violent agenda and doesn’t cost $50/ticket.
Organizers want to remind you to dial 911 if you are attacked and to report all hate crimes.
About the San Diego Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are a leading-edge Order of missionary nuns. Since their first appearance in San Francisco, Easter Weekend 1979, the Sisters have been accused of “Ruining it for Everyone” with their habitual injection of gaiety into serious affairs including human rights, political activism and religious intolerance. The Sisters consider it their mission to “ruin” all detrimental conditions including complacency, guilt and the inability to laugh at oneself.
Founded in 2005, the Asylum of the Tortured Heart Incorporated, or the San Diego Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization composed of men and women dedicated to the support, education and development of the diverse communities of San Diego.
Their mission is to bring joy to the heart and liberation of the spirit wherever it is needed: in the bar, the bathhouse, the parade, the hospice, the youth shelter, the health center and the street.
The Sisters, as true nuns, follow the traditions of the women over the centuries who have dedicated their lives to selfless service for the betterment of their communities taking vows to serve each other, their neighbors and all San Diegans.
For more information on the Asylum of the Tortured Heart, please visit their website at www.sdsisters.org or email at InfoSPISD@yahoo.com.
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