Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 18:03:07 -0500 (EST) From: And Justice for All Subject: AJA ACTION OPPORTUNITY - Mel White Petition February 19, 1996 FROM AJA ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER AND UFMCC MINISTER OF JUSTICE MEL WHITE: A PETITION TO CONDEMN THE ANTI-GAY RHETORIC OF CHRISTIAN COALITION FOUNDER PAT ROBERTSON Following is a petition from Dr. Mel White, the National Minister for Justice of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches to be sent to the FCC, stations and networks that carry the 700 Club, the national media, major religious organizations, and to Mr. Robertson on Pride Sunday, June, 1996. BRIEF BACKGROUND: A former ghost writer for such Evangelical Christian leaders as Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, Dr. White came out publicly as a gay man at his installation as Dean of the Cathedral of Hope Metropolitan Community Church in Dallas, Texas in 1993. For the last three years, Dr. White, has traveled across the country speaking, organizing, lobbying and confronting extremists. Dr. White made national headlines last February during his 22-day prison fast in Virginia Beach City Jail protesting the Reverend Pat Robertson's anti-gay messages. In January, 1996, Dr. White joined the Advisory Board of And Justice for All. Robertson met with Dr. White at the end of the fast, yet he continues to broadcast his messages of intolerance on the 700 Club, and through the organization he founded and still leads, the Christian Coalition. No American who cares about social justice and peace can sit silently by while Robertson's toxic claims poison the nation's moral environment, hijacks Christianity and misinforms the American public during this crucial election year. We urge you to take two minutes to do these three things: - Fill out the petition, - Return it to either the mail or e-mail address below, - Pass it along to your friends. David King Communications Director And Justice for All AndJst4All@aol.com _________________________________________________ (Please print/post/forward to your network of friends.) A RESOLUTION TO CONDEMN THE FALSE AND INFLAMMATORY ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL CAMPAIGN OF PAT ROBERTSON, FOUNDER, THE CHRISTIAN COALITION & CEO, THE CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK. His intolerant rhetoric and his unjust and discriminatory political actions against homosexuals contribute to the suffering of God's gay, lesbian, and bisexual Children. Please, Pat, your media and print campaign against homosexuals is polluting the moral environment of the nation. Educate yourself and your co-workers about homosexuality and about homosexuals before your anti-homosexual campaign leads to more suffering for innocent Americans and their families. We, the undersigned, ask this in the name of God! NAME: ___________________________________________ ADDRESS: ________________________________________ CITY/STATE/ZIP: _________________________________ PHONE/E-MAIL: ___________________________________ _________________________________________________ Please send the signed petition to: Dr. Mel White P.O. Box 609 Ennis, TX. 75120 (Fax: 214-875-4858) or e-mail it to : StopLies@aol.com (Please cc AndJst4All@aol.com) _________________________________________________ And Justice for All is a grassroots membership organization dedicated to mobilizing straight allies for bisexual, gay, lesbian and transgender rights. Annual membership in AJA is $20 ($1 for students). Members will receive our quarterly newsletter to keep them apprised of our efforts and informed of major events in the struggle for b/g/l/t rights. Members with e-mail will receive more frequent updates and action alerts. Contact the organization at (202) 298-9362 or justice@clark.net for more information.