It was an eventful week as Equality Riders visited Heritage Christian University and Mississippi College.

Yesterday, Equality Riders visited Palm Beach Atlantic University in southern Florida, with the hope of productive, respectful dialogue with students and administration there.

However, when the Riders attempted to join students for a chapel service on campus, they were turned away. Six Riders remained, and were placed under arrest to be held overnight in jail.

Yesterday the 2008 Equality Ride kicked off their annual trip to colleges and universities with policies or atmospheres that negatively affect LGBTQ students.

Keep watching this blog for weekly updates on their journey, and I'll pass them along!

What's more interesting than traveling the country to talk about equality while being called a greater threat to America than Osama Bin-Laden?

I'm not sure but if you know please tell me.

It's been a roller coast ride. I'm trying to keep everybody updated but between the practically non-existent wireless at our hotels and the constant work it does get a bit hard.

So check out this article and find out what has been happening in the latest update on the Equality Ride 2007!

Today I spent 7 hours in a jail cell in Clinton, MS for taking 4 steps onto Mississippi College's campus. I wanted to talk with students about why the college's discriminatory policy towards LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) students hurts their peers. For wishing to have this peaceful discussion I was arrested in front of hundreds of students eager for discussion.

After I was released our bus, which has "Social Justice for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People" written boldly on it, was stopped twice in five minutes by the Clinton, MS police. We were told to get out of town.

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This is a post I wrote for the official Equality Ride blog. For more on the Equality Ride please visit www.equalityride.com:

When we woke up Friday, it was absolutely gorgeous outside in Sioux Center, IA. We didn't have to meet with community members until the afternoon, so the morning was used to recover from exhaustion and catch up on work we all had been falling behind on. Then we headed out to a couple spots where the locals liked to spend their time, hoping to continue conversations with students from Dordt and maybe start some new ones.

The first coffee shop was a chic café that fused local charm with a classy edge. Upon our arrival, some students from Dordt were already gathering and we quickly struck up conversations with them. We broke off into groups, some of us just chatting while others gathered with students to play card and board games.

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Today was the first stop of the Equality Ride, a two month cross-country journey of 50 young adults visiting conservative Christian colleges to challenge anti-gay policies. We are in Sioux Center, IA and visited Dordt College which holds the policy that bans homosexual behavior as well as advocacy for LGBT rights.

Here's the scoop. Last night three vehicles circled our hotel agressively. Two of their passengers got out and mooned us (so mature). Nothing too bad right? Well it gets worse....

(warning: explicit material ahead)