Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:36:51 -0400 From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG San Antonio Definition of Minority letter June 20, 2000 San Antonio Express-News Box 2171 San Antonio, TX 78297-2171 Dear Editors: Thank you for your June 16 article highlighting gay-friendly churches. We would like to point out that Rev. Lasalle R. Vaughn's statement that `being homosexual does not make you a minority' makes no sense at all. If same-gender attracted people were not a minority, then they would be equal to or greater in number than heterosexuals. All the dictionaries we looked at define minority as a group composing less than half of the total, or regarded as being different from the larger group of which it is a part. Sincerely, Barbara Lamond Purdom Christopher Purdom Interfaith Working Group Coordinators The above letter was sent on IWG letterhead listing 20 congregations and religious organizations and 66 clergy from 16 religious traditions. For more letters visit http://www.iwgonline.org/letters/ -- Interfaith Working Group PO Box 11706 Philadelphia, PA 19101 http://www.iwgonline.org/ iwg@iwgonline.org voice: 215-235-3050 fax: 215-232-0829