From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Hacensack NJ Religious Values letter Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 23:10:10 -0400 (EDT) June 23, 1999 The Record 150 River Street Hackensack, NJ 07602 Dear Editors: There are many values associated with the numerous branches of Judaism and Christianity. Responding to your coverage of gay couples attending their prom (just like the heterosexual students), Kathleen Du Haime says in her June 18 letter that this goes against "Judeo-Christian values" (which many people understand to include love, justice and equal treatment of outcasts). In some religious traditions, working to ensure that all people are treated equally is a moral/ethical imperative, not a cause of moral indifference. Sincerely, Barbara Purdom Christopher Purdom Interfaith Working Group Coordinators The above letter went out on IWG letterhead listing 17 congregations and organizations and 65 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.