From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Asheville NC letter Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 23:10:21 -0400 (EDT) The following went out on IWG letterhead listing 10 congregations and religious organizations and 46 clergy from 14 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. August 26, 1997 Henry Robinson Religious Editor Asheville Citizen-Times Box 2090 Asheville, NC 28801 Dear Mr. Robinson: We would give the same advice to the clergy in Asheville concerning the Pride Parade that we give to the clergy in Philadelphia every year: Get out there and march! Demonstrate your love for all people, let folks know your house of worship is an open house, and atone for the abuse that religious institutions have heaped on sexual minorities over the centuries. We cannot think of a better way to demonstrate the ideal expressed in many faiths of breaking bread with outcasts and strangers. Sincerely, Barbara Purdom Christopher Purdom Interfaith Working Group Coordinators -- Interfaith Working Group Religious organizations, congregations iwg@libertynet.org and clergy supporting gay rights, http://www.libertynet.org/~iwg/ reproductive freedom, and the 215-235-3050 separation of church and state.