SOULFORCE, Prelude

Today SOULFORCE is coming. If you don't know what that is, you can check them out here: http://www.soulforce.org/ They are a group of individuals, some straight, some gay, some lesbian, and some transgender people that are trying to get christian colleges to stop discriminating against homosexuality. They also identify themselves as Christians.

7:03 AM - I stepped outside of D1, tripped on a stair on the way to the street, and stumbled into Rebekah Turner's green car. We were going to Brew Mountain to study. I was astonished when I looked around. The sky was ashen grey. Cop cars everywhere. Police officers, security officers, a white windy satellite pole reaching into the sky from an ambulence like truck with "Sherrif" written on the side. Black uniforms. Kara Holthous, our trusty campus operations handywoman was wheeling around in a golf cart. Colten yawned in front of Red Hill, among a cluster of security guards. His expression seemed to read, here we go.

9:01 AM - Driving back to campus we had to show our I.D.s SOULFORCE is coming! (between 10 and 2) The entire campus grounds was parametered by a police officer every 10 yards. I got dropped off in front of Red Hill and greeted Allison and Max, a matching couple sporting plastic PHC I.D. brazonly hung from their chests. Today we were part of something. Part of a wildly conservative christian college that stood against homosexuality. NO INTERACTION on campus. NO INTERACTION at ALL was the recommended policy. Words came through my head, of what my gay friends had told me, Churches hate gay people.... Do they? Do you? After I told him I was going to Patrick Henry, he asked me if I would change... he asked me how they stood on the issue. I'm wondering what to say...


I have wing chapel now. like now. be back later. for SOULFORCE.. the aftermath!