Subject: IWG SF Chronicle Marriage Letter
From: Interfaith Working Group <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 22:57:25 -0400 (EDT)

June 15, 1998

San Francisco Chronicle
901 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA  94103

Dear Editors:

Thank you for your coverage of clergy support for the
legal recognition of same-gender marriage.  If the
Northern Californian group is the largest interfaith
group of religious leaders to support same-gender
marriage, then we are probably the second largest. 
The Interfaith Working Group, located in Philadelphia
and covering Eastern and Central Pennsylvania,
Southern New Jersey, and Delaware,  has endorsed the
marriage resolution.  We represent eight religious
organizations, eight congregations, and fifty-nine
clergy from sixteen religious traditions who support
gay rights, reproductive freedom, and the separation
of church and state, all of which are central issues
in this debate.

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 (the letterhead
is usually slightly behind the actual number of supporters). 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.