Subject: IWG USA Today NGLTF economic study letter
From: Interfaith Working Group <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:25:26 -0500 (EST)

December 5, 1998

USA Today
Fax 703-247-3108

Dear Editors:

	We were very pleased by the coverage you gave
the NGLTF report on the economic status of gay,
lesbian, and bisexual Americans.   The fact that the
most financially secure sexual minorities are also
the most visible has been used as an excuse to
discriminate against sexual minorities for far too
long.  The same ridiculous arguments have been used
to deny rights to and stir up animosity against
religious minorities.  And it is the resulting
discrimination in housing, employment, benefits, and
legal status that keeps the poorest minorities
hidden, reinforcing the stereotype.  We are all
entitled to equal treatment regardless of our
religion, our sexual orientation, or the average
income of other people who share these
characteristics.

Sincerely,
Barbara Purdom     Christopher Purdom
Interfaith Working Group Coordinators

The above letter went out on IWG letterhead listing 16 congregations and
organizations and 60 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.