Subject: IWG Easton PA/Boy Scouts/The Great Debate
From: Interfaith Working Group <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 00:03:43 -0500 (EST)

The following went out on IWG letterhead listing 12 congregations and
organizations and 53 clergy from 15 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.

March14, 1998

Express-Times
Box 391
Easton, PA 18044

Dear Editors:

We agree with Janen Sosnovik [letter, March 9] that
the government should not be attempting to force
belief systems on religious organizations; and in
fact, it isn't.  The Boy Scouts are far too entangled
with all levels of government--by choice--to be
complaining about government oversight.  Many
religious institutions change their beliefs over
time; just as most changed policies about slavery and
women's ordination, they are now starting to change
in regard to sexual orientation.   These changes
occurred because some of their members saw a better
way and made the effort to lead the change.

Sincerely,
Barbara Purdom     Christopher Purdom
Interfaith Working Group Coordinators

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Interfaith Working Group                Religious organizations, congregations
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215-235-3050                            separation of church and state.