Subject: IWG Daily News Istook Coverage Letter
From: Interfaith Working Group <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 23:23:49 -0400 (EDT)

June 5, 1998

Philadelphia Daily News
PO Box 7788
Phila., PA 19101

Dear Editors:

Philadelphians have an active and historical interest
in the First Amendment.  We are a religiously diverse
people, living in the first city in a colony that was
founded on the principle of religious liberty, and the
city where the United States Constitution was ratified 
Given your generally excellent coverage of religious
and constitutional issues, we were alarmed that you
failed to report on the defeat of the Istook Amendment. 
Surely a concerted attempt in Congress to amend our
religious freedom, even an attempt that failed by only
sixty-six votes, was worth at least a small article.

Sincerely,
Barbara Purdom     Christopher Purdom
Interfaith Working Group Coordinators

The above letter went out on IWG letterhead listing 15 congregations and
organizations and 58 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.

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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.