From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Allentown Matthew Shepard Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 23:35:38 -0500 (EST) November 3, 1998 The Morning Call 101 N. 6th Street Allentown, PA 18105 Dear Editors: We sincerely hope that "The message which is being sent to everyone (impressionable young people, most importantly) is don't bash gays, accept them." And we also hope that the fact that that sentence looked like a complaint in Daria Greene's October 28 letter was the result of either a misprint or bad editing. If more people, especially young people, get this message, there will be fewer cases like Matthew Shepard's, and a little more love and respect in a world that could use a great deal of both. Sincerely, Barbara Purdom Christopher Purdom Interfaith Working Group Coordinators The above letter went out on IWG letterhead listing 16 congregations and organizations and 60 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. -- 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.