FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: KRISTIN ST. JOHN, 202-331-0066 x773 ; BETH CORBIN, EXT. 705

NOW

NOW, OTHER NATIONAL GROUPS JOIN TO EXPOSE PROMISE KEEPERS' HIDDEN AGENDA

THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1997

WHO:

  • Patricia Ireland, National Organization for Women
  • Donna Edwards, National Network To End Domestic Violence
  • Nancy Chupp, Church Women United
  • Mandy Carter, National Black Lesbian & Gay Leadership Forum
  • Kerry Lobel, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
  • Lee Cokorinos, The Center for Democracy Studies
  • Alice Cohan, Feminist Majority
  • Ken Brooker Langston, Equal Partners in Faith

    • WHAT:

    Press Conference/Briefing

    WHEN:

    Friday, June 13 at 9:30 a.m.

    WHERE:

    The Methodist Building, 100 Maryland Ave. NE, Conference Room II

    WHAT:

    On opening day of the Promise Keepers event at RFK Stadium, the National Organization for Women and representatives from various religious, lesbian/gay, women's rights and domestic violence organizations will announce a nationwide campaign to expose the Promise Keepers' hidden agenda. As a well-financed organization with slick PR, the Promise Keepers is campaigning for an ultra-conservative nation with men at the helm of all political and religious institutions.

    "The Promise Keepers have created a false veneer of men taking responsibility, when they really mean men taking charge," said Patricia Ireland. "Their targets are women, lesbians and gay men, and anyone who supports abortion rights or opposes an authoritarian, religiously- based government."

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