Subject: IWG NY Times - Boy Scouts, Homosexuality, Morality
From: Interfaith Working Group <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 22:45:09 -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.

March 8, 1998

The New York Times
229 W. 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036

Dear Editors:

Frank Bruni's March 8 analysis of the New Jersey Boy
Scouts case contained a peculiar quote from George
Davidson, the lawyer for the Boy Scouts: "The Boy
Scouts is maintaining, in common with the churches,
that homosexual conduct is not morally straight." 
They may be maintaining that in common with most
churches, but there is a rapidly growing minority of
churches that refuse to make such a blanket
statement.  And there are many churches who would
agree about conduct, but which seem to do a better
job than the Scouts of distinguishing between
orientation and behavior.

Sincerely,
Barbara Purdom     Christopher Purdom
Interfaith Working Group Coordinators

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