Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 11:53:08 -0500 From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG letter to the Governor of Vermont December 23, 1999 Governor Howard Dean 109 State Street Montpelier, Vermont 05609 Dear Governor Dean: We were pleased, but hardly overjoyed, to hear of the Vermont Supreme Court's ruling regarding the benefits of marriage. What happens next is largely up to you. We hope that you will have the courage and the wisdom to make the simplest and fairest possible response by asking the legislature to remove all references to gender from your marriage laws, creating a single civil institution that is available to pairs of consenting adults without regard to religion or gender. 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. Visit our Religious Support for Equal Marriage Rights page: http://www.iwgonline.org/marriage/ -- Interfaith Working Group PO Box 11706 Philadelphia, PA 19101 http://www.iwgonline.org/ iwg@iwgonline.org voice: 215-235-3050 fax: 215-232-0829