From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Philadelphia Daily News Willis Case Letter 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 -- 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.