Gay-rights group kicks off tour at Liberty U.

LYNCHBURG -- A gay-rights group has kicked off its national bus tour of 15 Southern faith-based colleges with a stop at Liberty University.

Members of Soulforce debated Liberty students during the stop yesterday. But the meeting was quiet compared with a 2006 visit when two dozen members were arrested for violating Liberty's order not to come onto the campus.

The organization's Equality Ride is intended to spread a message of inclusion at schools Soulforce says have policies that discriminate against gay students.

Soulforce was started in 1999 by the Rev. Mel White, a former ghostwriter for the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded Liberty University.

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