CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien will interview Mitchell Gold, editor of the book “Crisis,” on Jan. 28 as part of Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Visiting Writers Series. The interview will take place at 7 p.m. in the P.E. Monroe Auditorium on the Lenoir-Rhyne campus in Hickory, N.C.
This event is free and open to the public. [...]

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Mitchell Gold, founder of Faith In America and CEO of Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, was honored in New York on Wednesday for his work in educating the public about the harm caused by religion-based bigotry and prejudice toward gay Americans.
Gold was presented the Stonewall Community Foundation’s distinguished Visionary Award at the 40th [...]

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Faith In America News Release

Faith In America today challenged Miss California’s pastor to consider the disservice he does to her and others with his embrace and promotion of religion-based bigotry and prejudice toward gay Americans.
According to Carrie Prejean’s pastor, Rev. Miles McPherson, he contacted the Miss USA contestant just hours after she stated she did [...]

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Faith In America today released a videographed open-letter to Rev. Rick Warren during which a civil rights activist says Warren’s pastoral leadership does not honor the late Martin Luther King Jr.
Warren is scheduled to speak Monday at a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration service in Atlanta.
The open-letter, which has been posted on YouTube and the [...]

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Faith In America today released a series of videos and letters that it hopes will help Rev. Rick Warren and other non-accepting people of faith understand the harm caused to gay Americans by religion-based bigotry, prejudice and discrimination.
The project, entitled “Can You Understand the Harm?”, includes videographed open-letter segments from Faith In America Founder Mitchell [...]

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A huge congratulations to Bishop Gene Robinson for being selected to offer a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial at an inaugural event for President-elect Barack Obama.

The selection of Robinson, who is a contributor for Mitchell Gold’s book “Crisis, was reported by Politico earlier today. 

Bishop Robinson truly stands as the best America has to offer for his courage, [...]

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There’s a very good article on the late Mildred Loving that is part of the cover story this week for the New York Times Magazine. The article, published Sunday, Dec. 28, mentions Faith In America’s role in obtaining a marriage equality statement from the late Mildred Loving.
This is a particularly timely mention considering how Mrs. Loving took [...]

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Guests Judith Light, Tipper Gore say book is transformative.
West Coast launch event to be held Tuesday in L.A.
Washington D.C – Close to 1,000 people last week attended events in Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y., which launched longtime advocate and businessman Mitchell Gold’s unique expose on the pain of growing up gay [...]

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By Pam Kelley – Reading Life Editor – Charlotte Observer
As a teenager, Mitchell Gold lived a dual life. One minute, he’d be talking and laughing with family or friends. The next, he’d feel a black cloud descend, reminding him of his enormous, unsolvable problem: He was attracted to men.
He vowed to himself [...]

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Mitchell Gold has made a name for himself as part of the powerful team Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams. In 1989, Gold and Williams created their namesake furniture company in Taylorsville, North Carolina. Just nine years later, Inc. magazine positioned the company at number 57 on its list of the 500 [...]

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