Subject: IWG NY Times Janet Folger/Church and State
From: Interfaith Working Group <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 23:36:50 -0400 (EDT)

August 19, 1998

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

Dear Editors:

Janet Folger contends that the rights of Christians
are being chipped away, but that sexual minorities
don't deserve protection because homosexuality is
not an "immutable trait."  Since when is one's
choice of religion immutable?  We're not sure who
Folger is trying to reclaim America for, but if that
kind of reasoning is typical of their thinking, it
makes us glad we're currently living under a
Constitution that upholds individual rights and
religious liberty for all people.

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.

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Interfaith Working Group                Religious organizations, congregations
[email-masked]                      and clergy supporting gay rights,
http://www.libertynet.org/iwg/          reproductive freedom, and the 
215-235-3050                            separation of church and state.