Hi, is anyone out there going to go to this vigil?  I would be interested
if i could carpool with other folks.  Thanks.  I may not check my e-mail
again today b/c it is at work.  You could call me at 862-2968. Thanks.
Amethyst

On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Kyla McLeod wrote:

> >
> >Dear Friends,
> >
> >Rev. Jane Dwinell, minister, First Universalist Parish, Derby Line,
> >invites you to the following event:
> >
> >There will be a Candlelight Vigil at the First Universalist Parish,
> >a UU congregation, on Sat. April 15 at 7 pm.  The church is located
> >on Main St. in Derby Line, which is also Route 5.  White clapboard
> >church, next to the Town Hall and Border Station.
> >
> >This Vigil has been called by the Rev. Dr. Arnold Thomas, Conference
> >Minister of the VT Conference of the United Church of Chirst.  He
> >writes: "Last Friday evening Dwight Walker's car was completely
> >destroyed by fire.  Dwight is the pastor of the Coventry and Westfield
> >Congregational churches.  He is also gay.  Even before the publication
> >of an article in the Burlington Free Press, in which he was quoted as
> >an openly gay pastor, Dwight has been the target of homophobic
> >harassment.  These abuses have included anonymous threatening phone
> >calls, his car being soaped with the word "fag", and now the most
> >recent attack.  The circumstances surrounding the fire are suspicious,
> >leaving us inclined to believe it was a hate crime.  The Department of
> >Public Safety is still conducting the investigation as to the cause of
> >the fire."
> >
> >Dwight has been active on the civil union issue.
> >
> >As may be true in your area, many of us in the Kingdom have received
> >hate mail, death threats and other forms of harrassment as homophobia
> >rears its ugly head.
> >
> >The Vigil is being held for all of us, as support, and as a message
> >to the perpetrators that acts of violence and vandalism are intolerable.
> >Many people of faith are in favor of civil unions and of civil rights
> >that need to be available to all.  We will not be stopped by threats.
> >
> >Please come to show your solidarity and support and to find comfort in
> >joining together, in strength, in peace, and in love.
> >
> >See you there!
> >
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> _____________________________________________
>
> Kyla J. McLeod
> Graduate Assistant
> Center for Cultural Pluralism
> The University of Vermont
> phone (802)656-7990
> Fax (802)656-3348
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