Subject: IWG Inquirer church/state/Boy Scouts letter
From: Interfaith Working Group <[email-masked]>
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.

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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.