Subject: IWG Boston Globe 10 Commandments Letter
From: Interfaith Working Group <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 23:36:16 -0500 (EST)

The following went out on IWG letterhead listing 3 congregations, 6 religious
organizations and 38 clergy from 13 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.

March 10, 1997

The Boston Globe
Box 2378
Boston,  MA  02107

Dear Editor:

Mary Leonard's piece about religion and politics
provided an interesting viewpoint, but her choice of
words in saying that "one-third of the House voted
against the Ten Commandments," and that the same one-
third voted "for strict separation of Church and State
and against the biblical word of God," was extremely
unfortunate.  There are many Jews and Christians who
have dedicated their lives to spreading the word of God
and who believe in strict church-state separation.
Later in the article Ms. Leonard even quoted
conservative Christians who oppose state-sanctioned
religion, but she called their opposition a
"remarkable" act of defiance against the "orthodoxy" of
the Religious Right, and not opposition to God.

Sincerely,
Barbara Purdom     Christopher Purdom
Interfaith Working Group Coordinators

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Interfaith Working Group                Religious organizations, congregations
[email-masked]                      and clergy supporting gay rights,
http://www.libertynet.org/~iwg/         reproductive freedom, and the 
215-235-3050                            separation of church and state.