Subject: IWG Philadelphia Inquirer Fred Phelps Response Rally
From: Interfaith Working Group <[email-masked]>
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.

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Interfaith Working Group                Religious organizations, congregations
http://www.libertynet.org/iwg           and clergy supporting gay rights,
[email-masked]                      reproductive freedom, and the 
voice: 215-235-3050  fax: 232-0829      separation of church and state.