From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Gary Indiana letter Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 23:03:39 -0400 (EDT) September 14, 1997 Post-Tribune 1065 Broadway Gary, IN 46402 Dear Editors: In his September 11 letter Martin Henrichs says he speaks only as an individual, and not the "leader of an organized heterosexual group," but then proceeds to speak on behalf of all heterosexuals and Christians. Surely Mr. Henrichs recognizes that a growing number of Christians and other people of faith believe in the moral equivalence of same-gender relationships and full legal and religious equality for sexual minorities. Mr. Henrichs claims he does not hate homosexuals, but if he is capable of claiming that anyone who loves people of the same gender is automatically the social equivalent of a serial killer, drug pusher, child molester, or thief, then he has clearly not made any effort to get to know the people he is persecuting. 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.