Subject: IWG Philadelphia Daily News Willis Case Letter
From: Interfaith Working Group <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 23:12:06 -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

Philadelphia Daily News
PO Box 7788
Phila., PA 19101

Dear Editors:

Thank you for your story about Willis family of Pike
County, Alabama, and their mistreatment by their local
school district because they are Jewish.   Their story
is a graphic reminder of what happens when the
constitutional protections of religious minorities are
ignored and public institutions function as houses of
worship in order to satisfy the whims of the majority. 
Without a wall between church and state, anyone living
in a town or neighborhood where they are in the
minority risks the same abuse.

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.