Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 01:22:16 -0500 From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Delaware County PA Gay/Straight Alliance letter December 15, 1999 Delaware County Daily Times 500 Mildred Ave. Primos, PA 19018 Dear Editors: When Gil Spencer directs his animosity at the most vulnerable students in the school system and the only support system available to them, something is seriously wrong. Sexual minority youth are at risk in part because their concerns and needs not reflected in the curriculum, programs or policies of most schools. And it is not surprising that these students need extra support when they, their parents, their teachers and their friends are regularly subjected to anti-gay diatribes like those in Spencer’s December 12 column. Spencer may have no interest in helping gay, lesbian, and bisexual students, but he should at least consider that their heterosexual peers, parents, houses of worship and organizations like GLSEN support them because it is the moral and ethical thing to do. Sincerely, Barbara Lamond Purdom Christopher Purdom Interfaith Working Group Coordinators The above letter was sent on IWG letterhead listing 17 congregations and religious organizations and 62 clergy from 16 religious traditions. You can show your support by wearing an Interfaith Working Group shirt: http://www.iwgonline.org/clothes/ -- Interfaith Working Group PO Box 11706 Philadelphia, PA 19101 http://www.iwgonline.org/ iwg@iwgonline.org voice: 215-235-3050 fax: 215-232-0829