From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Sioux City IA religious support for gay rights Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 22:31:56 -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. February 14, 1998 Sioux City Journal 515 Pavonia Street Sioux City, IA 51102 Dear Editors: We were pleased to see from Mark Swenson's February 12 letter that those who oppose equal rights for sexual minorities are no longer able to ignore the diversity of religious opinion on the issue. However, Swenson mischaracterizes the depth, feeling, thought, and theological scholarship behind religious support for gay rights. We invite your readers to visit the Interfaith Working Group web site at http://www.libertynet.org/~iwg for a more accurate and extensive view of faith-based support for gay rights and other social issues. Sincerely, Barbara Purdom Christopher Purdom Interfaith Working Group Coordinators -- 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.