Date:         Fri, 15 Jul 1994 09:03:04 -0400

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    weigend@cs.colorado.edu, wilkensj@spot.colorado.edu
Subject: White press conference to refute FOF's misinformation



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1-719-635-6086
FAX: 1-719-635-6106
contacts: Frank Whitworth or Gary Nixon
July 14, 1994

PRESS CONFERENCE

GAY CHRISTIAN ACTIVIST/WRITER MEL WHITE TO REFUTE AND DENOUNCE STATEMENTS
ISSUED BY FOCUS ON THE FAMILY, 7/13/94, AND NATIONALLY RELEASED LETTER
FROM DR. JAMES DOBSON, 7/14/94

WHEN: Friday, July 15, 1994, Noon

WHERE: All Soul's Unitarian Church, corner, Dale at N. Tejon, Colorado
Springs, Colorado

WHO: The Rev. Dr. Mel White, dean, the Cathedral of Hope, Dallas, Texas,
author of "Stranger at the Gate: To be Gay and Christian in America",
among numerous other books and articles and a widely acclaimed film
producer.

WHY:  Dr. James Dobson has declared war on Dr. Mel White and his Fast for
Understanding. White has come to Colorado Springs to bring attention to
the anti-gay propagenda disseminated by Dobson and Focus on the Family,
arguably one of the largest radical right organizations in the world.  In
the last two days, Focus on the Family and Dobson have attacked Dr.
White's integrity, motives and his information against Focus.

In a "personal letter" hand delivered to White and simultaneously
released to the national media, Dobson accused White of being a
hypocrite, a propagandist and a demagogue.  White is ready to support his
claims with documentation against Focus on the Family.  Although White
does not question Dobson's sincerity, Mel White stands by his charges
that the anti-gay rhetoric produced by Dobson and Focus on the Family
leads directly to discrimination, intolerance, violence and death.