Pilgrimage to Riverside - Journeying Toward Equality

The Pilgrimage to Riverside is a group of people who are going to several states to create awareness of the LGBT civil rights movement within circles of faith. The premise is that "social change can either begin or be blocked by the Church," and this group wants the Church to be at the forefront of fighting for justice.

For more information about this campaign you can visit http://pilgrimagetoriverside.com/

Fox News Contributor Margaret Hoover Joins the Fight for Marriage Equality

Fox News contributor and lifelong Republican Margaret Hoover has joined a growing list of fellow conservatives who publicly support same-sex marriage. In a blog posting on her site called "Joining the Fight for Marriage Equality" she explains her reason for joining the American Foundation for Equal Rights advisory board.

On a separate Fox News website posting called "Why I’m Joining the Fight for Marriage Equality" she praises conservative icon Ted Olson for taking conservatives in a new direction and urges the party to reconsider their current ideology.

"Republicans were historically the party ever-expanding freedom to disenfranchised minorities, from newly liberated slaves to giving women the right to vote. Susan B. Anthony was a Republican. By supporting the AFER trial we have an opportunity to establish our historic credibility on civil rights issues once again. But we should support marriage equality because it is the right thing to do" (Fox News)

This is another big figure in conservative politics joining the LGBT civil rights movement and she should be applauded and encouraged.

Margaret Hoover can be contacted at margaret@margarethoover.com

'More Equal Union' - Music Album for LGBT Civil Rights

MORE EQUAL UNION is a concept music album about the LGBT civil rights movement in America and is available for purchase on iTunes.

The album follows the story of a gay family from when the couple first met to their tragic end as they react to the forces around them (The Story of Ethan and Jacob).

The songs feature a multitude of genres, including electronica, punk rock, folk, grunge rock, jazz, rap, soundtrack, ballads, pop and choral.

The songs cover various LGBT issues currently on the radar, including marriage equality, openly serving in the military, gay adoption, hate crimes, workplace discrimination and anti-gay bullying.

Proceeds from the album will be donated to Lambda Legal so that we can continue the fight towards LGBT civil rights everywhere in America.



Sean Chapin hopes to achieve a number of goals with his new album, including:

(1) sell over 10,000 copies of the album on iTunes,

(2) raise over $100,000 in sales to donate to Lambda Legal.

(3) change over 1,000,000 minds from fearing us to accepting us.

Expand the Civil Rights Act to Protect LGBT Rights

Join 'The Power' by signing a petition calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lead the 111th Congress expand the Civil Rights Act to declare once and for all that LGBT rights are civil rights and that it will be the public policy of the United States that discrimination based on LGBT status is prohibited.

The petition, copies of which will be sent to Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the President's LGBT Liason, Brian Bond, will be delivered on June 1, 2009, the first day of the 40th annual gay pride month.

Please click here to sign the E-petition.