Subject: IWG Hacensack NJ Religious Values letter
From: Interfaith Working Group <[email-masked]>
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.

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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.