From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Annapolis - People of faith and homosexuality Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 19:52:35 -0400 (EDT) August 14, 1998 Annapolis Capital PO Box 911 Annapolis, MD 21404 Dear Editors: In response to Pearl Early's letter of August 11, there are very many Christians working to prevent sexual minorities from enjoying the same rights as heterosexuals; there are also many people from many different faiths actively working for the equal treatment of gay and lesbian citizens. Many of us do not believe that the citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah were all homosexual, that the Bible says that the people of those cities were killed for consensual same- sex acts, that God has ever killed anybody for being gay or lesbian, or that anybody's religious beliefs should determine somebody else's legal status. Sincerely, Barbara Purdom Christopher Purdom Interfaith Working Group Coordinators The above letter went out on IWG letterhead listing 16 congregations and organizations and 59 clergy from 16 religious traditions. 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. -- 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. -- 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.