From: Barbara Purdom <purdom@CritPath.Org>
Subject: IWG Inquirer Claude Lewis Marriage letter
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 23:41:38 -0400 (EDT)



The following went out on IWG letterhead listing 2 congregations, 5 religious
organizations and 35 clergy from 12 faiths and denominations. If you are in
the general Philadelphia area and represent a congregation or religious
organization or are clergy, let us know if you want to be added - all faiths
are welcome. We will also be happy to help start similar organizations in
other areas.  Visit the web page at http://www.libertynet.org/~iwg/.
September 11, 1996


Mr. Claude Lewis
The Philadelphia Inquirer
PO Box 8263
Phila., PA 19101

Dear Mr. Lewis:

Thank you for your excellent column supporting same-
gender marriage.  It is especially important just after
the DOMA vote to remind people that the discussion is
not over.  The times ahead may be stormy and divisive,
but the goal is just. We as a nation have managed,
however slowly and stormily, to overcome one artificial
legal inequality after another during the last one-
hundred and thirty years.  There is no reason to doubt
that in this case justice will also prevail, and the
marriages of same-gender couples will be legally
recognized as marriages.


					Sincerely,
		    Barbara Purdom                  Christopher Purdom
			    Interfaith Working Group Coordinators