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Soulforce freedom riders will be stopping in Oklahoma for visits to two state universities on their nationwide Equality Ride. Beginning March 5, 2006, the Soulforce Equality Ride will cross the nation, visiting 19 schools from New York to Los Angeles.

At military and religious colleges around the nation, bans on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender enrollment force students into closets of fear and self-hate. These bans devalue the life of GLBT people and they slam the door on academic freedom. The Equality Ride empowers young adults to challenge these college bans.

The Equality Ride will take 25–30 young adults on a seven-week bus tour to confront religious and/or military colleges that ban the enrollment of GLBT students. At each stop along the journey the members of the Equality Ride will present a powerful case for GLBT equality.

Through dialogue with administrators and discussions with students, the young activists of the Equality Ride will make clear the harmful effects of the false notion that homosexuality is a “sickness and a sin,” and “a threat to the nation and the military.”

To make public their case for equality, the young activists on the Equality Ride will hold vigils, Bible studies, class discussions, community forums, and press conferences. The scheduled Oklahoma stops are March 20-21 Oral Roberts University and March 23-24 Oklahoma Baptist University. For more information visit www.equalityride.com.