Equality U Promo

On March 10, 2006 Equality went back to school.
On April 10th, 2006, the Equality Ride visited Brigham Young University. In this clip, we see a behind-the-scenes discussion between current BYU students and the Equality Riders as they plan a procession in remembrance of LGBT Latter Day Saints church members who have committed suicide.

This video gives a sense of the type of events and people that will appear in the final, edited documentary. It is neither a trailer, nor a scene from the film.
The second Equality Ride will begin in March of 2007, and will visit twice as many schools.
See www.soulforce.org or www.equalityride.org for more information.

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• gay
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• BYU
• coming
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• civil
• disobedience

[inulovedog]

by the end of this movie I was crying

[purplemoon1215]

You're my heroes.

If I ever get the chance, I'll stand proudly with you♥

[SpartanMen]

I am currently interviewing for a spot on the upcoming 2012 Equality Ride, so if you could pray for me, I would be eternally grateful. Thank you!

[MatthewMacaya]

@Plato86 tell that to the ones who killed themselves because of the ignorance of others. LESBIANS, GAYS, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDERED INCIVIDUALS DESERVE RIGHTS!

[Plato86]

I don't understand why you left me that comment.

[OnlyTbone]

Technically, they were honoring those that had committed suicide because the pressure that had been put on them was too great for them to handle. At least in this promo.

[Plato86]

Well the law disagrees with you so it is still legal for a private school to pick and chose who they want for their university. So because I do not agree with what you have to say and show the flaws in your thinking, that means I don't support freedom of speech? Wow you really do not under freedom of speech or the rights you have in America. Please take a civics class before you speech about "equality" or "discrimination". Yes I saw the documentary and I do not agree with what gay students.

[Lucylex1]

i would say yes.... no school should discriminate. everything i have heard you say to other ppl on youtube, and reading some of the stuff you have on your youtube page, i must say, that some of it sounds plain ignorant. You say that ppl have freedom of speech but here you are slamming down everything i say, like i said i respect your opinion, and i'll leave it at that. But you are being a tad bit hypocritical. Did you even watch the documentary EQUALITY U?

[Plato86]

A private school does not have a right to chose who they want to join their school? If the school is getting their funding from private individuals what gives you or anybody the right to force them to accept people they do not want? What if a practicing satanist wanted to join, should a private christian university be forced to acomodate him as well?

[Lucylex1]

by equality i mean, that everyone gets treated fairly. A university, i don't think, has the right to kick someone out of school because of their sexual orientation. That is discrimination, and especially if it;s a christian school. I go to church myself and was raised christian, and even though my family doesn't support it, and that is how i was raised, i know for a fact that it was driven into me as a child to love everyone, no matter what. So schools should not discriminate.

[Plato86]

Equality of what? Private schools have a right to chose who they want to join their university and who they do not. Schools rejecting homosexual students is not discrimination, it is freedom of speech.

[Lucylex1]

they are not forcing their views. they are simply just want people to understand that they to can love christ, and be gay at the same time. And they just want equality for those who have to live in the closet because they are scared to be kicked out of the university they are attending. I do however respect your opinion on this subject.