Word: revs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...folks in Lynchburg, a town like Laramie, Wyo., must seem a long way off. Lynchburg, in the foothills of central Virginia, is a good candidate for the capital of the Bible Belt: the Rev. Jerry Falwell preaches his Sunday sermon in the Thomas Road Baptist Church, one of more than 150 churches in this small city. Laramie is everything Lynchburg is not--flat and empty, a Wild West railroad-stop-turned-progressive college town. To imagine the two cities is to imagine the vastness of America...
Falwell has gained national prominence as a fundamentalist minister, who has built a career in part by demonizing gays and lesbians as immoral, perverse and destructive. So when he publicly reversed some of his most extreme stances this week, his words made headlines. Before a packed sanctuary, the Rev. Falwell called on evangelical Christians to show love and toleration for gays and lesbians and to speak out against anti-gay hate crimes. The sermon capped what was billed as a weekend of reconciliation between Falwell and gay Christians, including a meeting for evangelicals and gays to get to know...
...cornerstone of the weekend was a face-to-face conversation between 200 Falwell supporters and 200 gays and lesbians who came to Lynchburg from around the country. The Rev. Mel White, a longtime friend of Falwell's who broke with the religious right when he came out of the closet in 1993, pressed for the personal meeting as a chance to break down barriers of misunderstanding and stereotypes. Falwell exulted at the progress: "Four hundred people who disagree met for 90 minutes without any shouting," he told the group, according to several publications. "The building didn't collapse. They discovered...
...would not have the multiracial, multicultural society we have today. Dr. King dispelled the notion that just because you were black, you could not lead. The healer, the builder of bridges, the one who changed the laws was Dr. King. As a leader he had no peer. --The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, founder and president, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition...
...Paul's Society will give a reception to the churchmen of the University this evening at eight o'clock in the Phillips Brooks House. Informal addresses will be given by the Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, D.D., Bishop of Massachusetts; Rev. Edward L. Atkinson, Rector of the Church of the Ascension, Boston, and Rev. William G. Thayer, Head Master of St. Mark's School, Southboro. All churchmen in the University are invited to be present...