Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 23:48:46 -0500 From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Lincoln, NE Jimmy Creech letter December 4, 1999 Lincoln Journal Star Box 81609 Lincoln, NE 68501-1609 Dear Editors: Dan Jantzen’s November 30 letter about Jimmy Creech and the United Methodist Church was interesting, but he seems to have altered the facts to fit the warnings against false prophets in the Biblical text of II Peter. Jimmy Creech has many supporters, but he does not have “followers.” He is one of many individuals and institutions in Christian churches and other religious traditions who believe that same-gender relationships and mixed-gender relationships are morally and ethically equivalent, that families are defined by love, and that the blessing of relationships helps cement families, not tear them apart. Jimmy Creech has many supporters because he has consistently demonstrated the will to act against the injustice and discrimination he sees around him. Because that injustice continues, the debate will continue too. 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 63 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