Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 13:47:15 -0400 From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Hackensack Scouts letter July 8, 2000 The Record 150 River Street Hackensack, NJ 07602 Dear Editors: We were confused by James Ahearn’s July 5 column about the Boy Scouts. Mr. Ahearn recognizes that to the Scouts “it doesn't matter what church or temple or mosque a boy worships in,” but he fails to acknowledge that boys might belong to religious institutions that teach the moral equivalence of mixed-gender and same-gender relationships and the importance of non-discrimination, and there are Scout troops that are sponsored by houses of worship that hold such beliefs, and that communicate those beliefs to those troops. Sincerely, Barbara Lamond Purdom Christopher Purdom Interfaith Working Group Coordinators The above letter was sent on IWG letterhead listing 21 congregations and religious organizations and 65 clergy from 16 religious traditions. Read our introduction to religious liberty: http://www.iwgonline.org/liberty/ -- Interfaith Working Group PO Box 11706 Philadelphia, PA 19101 http://www.iwgonline.org/ iwg@iwgonline.org voice: 215-235-3050 fax: 215-232-0829