From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Chattanooga - Reggie White religious discrimiantion? Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 19:59:40 -0400 (EDT) August 15, 1998 Chattanooga Free Press Box 1447 Chattanooga, TN 37401-1447 Dear Editors: We certainly agree that religious job discrimination is just as bad as sexual orientation job discrimination. In the case of Reggie White, however, the jobs involved representing companies to the public; he made extremely stereotyped statements about people of various ethnicities (many of whom might have shunned those companies); he showed a willingness to drag his employers into debates where they have no wish to go (he appeared in a political ad wearing his Packers uniform); and the organizations sponsoring the ads in question advocate limiting the rights of even more potential and current customers. Obviously, this is not a simple case of religious job discrimination. 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.