BYU and Soulforce

I wrote an email to the BYU newspaper today. There is this gay rights group called Soulforce that targets religions universities for their “spiritual violence” and the schools unacceptance of gays. I disagree with this groups tactics and wrote this email:

As a former gay student of your great university, I applaud BYU for their respectful message (March 22 Editorial) on the upcoming visit of the Soulforce Equality Riders. While I may understand the message that Soulforce is bringing, I strongly disagree with their tactic of targeting BYU because of its stance of not admitting openly gay individuals.

By trying to be confrontational, Soulforce might miss the great compassion and tolerance of Latter-day Saints. Since the Soulforce visit is inevitable, I hope the BYU community will show them what I see in my LDS family and friends.

BYU has been called the "greatest university in the world" and should act differently from other schools that Soulforce has already visited. While "Christians" at other universities have protested or had members of Soulforce arrested, I hope the BYU community will take the higher road and show them what Christ's love is all about: friendliness, kindness, and unconditional love.

Sincerely,
Jesse Michael Nix

I really hope that BYU acts differently when this group comes to their school (AKA not get them arrested).