From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Inquirer church/state/Boy Scouts letter Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 22:43:08 -0500 (EST) January 12, 1999 The Philadelphia Inquirer PO Box 8263 Phila., PA 19101 Dear Editors: We were thrilled to read that the New Jersey Supreme Court justices are taking the sensible, and constitutionally correct, course of action in James Dale v. The Boy Scouts of America. It is not the job of state courts to interpret the phrase "morally straight." As an organization supported by government institutions and a diverse group of religious bodies, it is extremely doubtful that it is the job of the Boy Scouts of America to do so either. Sincerely, Barbara Purdom Christopher Purdom Interfaith Working Group Coordinators The above letter went out on IWG letterhead listing 16 congregations and organizations and 60 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.