From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG St. Paul MN ex-gay letter Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:10:56 -0400 (EDT) September 7, 1998 St. Paul Pioneer Press 345 Cedar Street St. Paul, MN 55101 Dear Editors: Regarding your August 30 article about ex-gay ministries: If people want to change their behavior for religious reasons, they certainly should be allowed to go through whatever religious process they feel is necessary to achieve their goal. But we think that it's a shame that anybody thinks that their faith and their sexual orientation are incompatible, especially when there are congregations in so many faiths that accept sexual minorities just as they are. Sincerely, Barbara Purdom Christopher Purdom Interfaith Working Group Coordinators The above letter went out on IWG letterhead listing 15 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. -- 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.