Subject: IWG Chris Satullo letter
From: Interfaith Working Group <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 22:32:01 -0400 (EDT)

The following went out on IWG letterhead listing 10 congregations and religious
organizations and 42 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.

July 16, 1997

Mr. Chris Satullo
The Philadelphia Inquirer
PO Box 8263
Phila., PA 19101

Dear Mr. Satullo:

Thank you for your thoughtful editorial about the
debate over sexuality in the Episcopal church.   We
would like to offer two more viewpoints on the question
which do not fit into the neat dichotomy which you
proposed.  One is that the Bible is a very good guide
to personal behavior, but that the restrictions against
same-sex behavior are a misinterpretation.  The other
is that the church does in-deed have a role as a
prophetic voice in society, rather than as a corporate
body be reduced to accepting anything; it should
instead be championing the rights of the oppressed,
preaching against the oppressors, and evangelizing the
marginalized.

Sincerely,
Barbara Purdom     Christopher Purdom
Interfaith Working Group Coordinators

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Interfaith Working Group                Religious organizations, congregations
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http://www.libertynet.org/~iwg/         reproductive freedom, and the 
215-235-3050                            separation of church and state.