From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Manchester letter Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 17:03:14 -0500 (EST) The following went out on IWG letterhead listing 12 congregations and religious organizations and 50 clergy from 15 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. November 27, 1997 Manchester Union Leader Box 9555 Manchester, NH 03108 Dear Editors: Many religious people and organizations from Jewish, Christian, and other traditions recognize that families come in many forms because, among other things, they believe that same-gender relationships are morally equivalent to mixed-gender relationships. "Love Makes a Family" is merely an illustration of an idea that is rapidly gaining acceptance but is as yet only marginally recognized in law. One traveling photo exhibit illustrating a "tiny percentage" of the population is hardly enough to balance the enormous amount of "propaganda" to the contrary. And yet it is powerful enough that "Love Makes a Family" has elicited a very strong reaction from Mr. Lessner. Perhaps equality of loving relationships under the law is such an innately moral idea that exposure to a few photographs will profoundly alter people's thinking. We can only hope and pray. 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.