From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG WSJ Southern Baptist/Disney Letter Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 23:37:57 -0400 (EDT) The following went out on IWG letterhead listing 10 congregations and religious organizations and 41 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 3, 1997 Wall Street Journal 200 Liberty St. New York, NY 10281 Dear Editors: We were generally impressed with Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.'s reflections on the Disney boycott, especially the distinction between Disney's products and the way they treat employees. We also appreciated his call for cross-cultural understanding, which is becoming even more necessary as global mass-media technology and its concentration in the hands of a few corporate giants like Disney force us to realize just how many subcultures there are in this country alone. The Southern Baptist Convention's concentration on domestic partnership benefits shows that Hollywood needs to learn more about Southern Baptists, but Southern Baptists also need to learn about real American families living outside of Hollywood (many belonging to Southern Baptist churches) that do not fit the Southern Baptist definition of family. 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.