From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Philadelphia Inquirer Fred Phelps Response Rally Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 23:47:31 -0500 (EST) February 2, 1999 The Philadelphia Inquirer PO Box 8263 Philadelphia, PA 19101 Dear Editors: Thank you for your coverage of the recent rally at the William Way Community Center in response to anticipated picketing by Fred Phelps. As a matter of accuracy, however, the phrase "gay activists" used in the story as a description of those present fails to adequately describe a crowd that included people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and straight, including city officials and their representatives, political candidates, clergy, and civil rights activists. Because of this, "concerned citizens" would have been a more accurate and descriptive phrase. Sincerely, Barbara Purdom Christopher Purdom Interfaith Working Group Coordinators The above letter went out on IWG letterhead listing 17 congregations and organizations and 61 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. -- Interfaith Working Group Religious organizations, congregations http://www.libertynet.org/iwg and clergy supporting gay rights, iwg@libertynet.org reproductive freedom, and the voice: 215-235-3050 fax: 232-0829 separation of church and state.