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Interfaith Working Group Correspondence
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Many of our letters are
archived at the Queer Resources Directory.
One year's worth of letters are archived here and
are available by clicking on the beginning of the letter description.
Copies of all our letters are also sent to recipients of our
email list.
We sent the following items on our
letterhead in the last year.
February 2004
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A response to an
anti-gay marriage quote from an officer of the
Eagle Forum
in the
Tallahassee Democrat
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A letter about a reporter's positive characterization of the
Campaign for California Families
in the San Jose Mercury News
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A letter about
Fred Phelps and Harrisburg-area churches to
The Patriot-News
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A letter about marriage poll results to the
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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A thank you for the pro-marriage
editorial stance of
The Boston Globe
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A response to an anti-gay letter from the
American Family Association of New York in
The New York Times
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A response to anti-gay
quotes from the
Bishop of Manchester, NH
in The Union-Leader
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A response to an anti-marriage
editorial in the San Diego Union-Tribune
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A response to an anti-marriage, anti-marriage-amendment
editorial in the
Philadelphia Inquirer
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A complaint about disrespectful language in a marriage
article in
Time Magazine
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A letter about religious diversity and marriage to the
Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times
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A letter about religious diversity and marriage to the
Athens (GA) Banner-Herald
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A thank you for an extremely lucid discussion of the
Federal Marriage Amendment to a columnist at the
Arizona Republic
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A response to an anti-marriage, anti-marriage-amendment
editorial in the
Denver Post
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A letter about civil rights activists in the civil
marriage struggle to the
Fort Worth Star Telegram
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A response to quotes from clergy who expressed support for
the enforcement of religious doctrine through the U.S. Constitution in the
Los Angeles Times
March 2004
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A response to an anti-gay commentary by
a deputy editor at The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH)
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A letter regarding quotes from anti-gay religious leaders in the
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
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A response to an anti-gay letter writer claiming to speak
for Jews and Christians in the Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA)
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A response to a very long anti-gay, anti-church-state-separation
letter in the Mobridge (SD) Tribune
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A response to an anti-gay, anti-church-state-separation
letter in the Danville (KY) Advocate Messenger
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A thank you for an article about diverse religious opinions
on marriage to the Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch
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A response to an article about diverse religions about marriage
that included a quote from a rabbi claiming to speak for all Judaism
in the (Frederick) Maryland Gazette
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A response to an anti-marriage letter
in the Aberdeen (SD) American News (published)
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A response to anti-marriage quotes
in the Riverside (CA) Press Enterprise
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A letter to a columnist at the
Boston Globe who was critical of extreme anti-gay
signage
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A response to an anti-marriage commentary
from a deputy editor at The Oregonian
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A thank you for a piece about African Americans,
religion, and equal marriage rights for same-gender couples to a
columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times
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A response to an anti-marriage-supporters, pro-God
letter in the Modesto (CA) Bee
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A letter about civil rights, marriage, and religious
motivation to the Jackson (TN) Sun
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A letter about skin color, civil rights,
religion and marriage to the Washington Post
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A thank you for a piece about marriage
to a columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer
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A letter about elected officials
criticizing minority religious beliefs to the Greenville (SC) News
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A response to letters in the
Baltimore Sun claiming that the equal
marriage rights movement is not a civil rights movement
because there has been no violent oppression
April 2004
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A response
to an article
in the Vernon County Broadcaster of Viroqua, WI
about the local school board's cancellation of Diversity Day
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A response to anti-gay quotes in
an article about opposition to "Issues Day" in
The Morning Journal of Lisbon, OH.
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A response
to an anti-gay Bible-quoting letter
in the Skagit Valley Herald of Mount Vernon, WA
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A response
to an article
in The Post and Courier of Charleston, SC
in which assertions by the Southern Baptist Convention about
pro-gay activists were repeated as facts.
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A response
to an article in the
Chicago Tribune about anti-gay religious attitudes in the South
(as though such attitudes did not exist everywhere)
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A response
to a letter writer in
The Statesman Journal of Salem, OR who claimed legalization of
same-gender marriage would discriminate against same-gender couples with asexual
relationships
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A response
to a pro-God, anti-marriage letter in the
Providence Journal
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A response to an anti-gay letter about
sex, marriage, and ordination in the
Yakima (WA) Herald-Republic.
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A response to an anti-gay letter about
orientation and religious identification in the
Centralia (WA) Chronicle.
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A letter about religious
diversity and sexual orientation to the
Zanesville (OH) Times Recorder.
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A letter about
homophobia, religious liberty, and civil rights to the
Traverse City (MI) Record Eagle.
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A letter about
wedding announcement policies and religious
diversity to the
Seattle Times.
May 2004
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A complaint
to a columnist at
The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot who said that
marriage for same-gender couples was anti-religious.
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A thank you
to an editor of
The Wichita (KS) Eagle
for an editorial about religiously motivated oppression
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A letter
to the
Rocky Mountain News regarding complaints from
Focus on the Family regarding
the use of the word "homophobia"
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A response
to a letter writer in the Everett (WA) Herald
who complained about protestors outside the anti-gay
rally at Safeco field
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A letter to the
Philadelphia Inquirer
regarding Gary Bauer's commentary about "heterosexual" marriage
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A thank you
to the
Indianapolis Star for their article about
Jesus MCC
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A letter
to the New York Times regarding anti-gay religious activists
who insist that they aren't anti-gay
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A letter
to USA Today
regarding a commentary by Tony Perkins of the FRC
in which he complained that equal marriage rights for same-gender couples
went against Webster's Dictionary
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A letter
to the Washington Post
regarding a quote from an Orthodox Rabbi who asked why
more religious leaders weren't protesting marriages in
Massachusetts
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A response
to an anti-marriage commentary in
The Oregonian
June 2004
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A letter to
natioanally syndicated advcice columnist Amy Dickinson
regarding a column in which she apologized for calling people
with anti-gay beliefs "bigots."
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A response to a special-rights-for-heterosexuals
letter in the Bremerton (WA) Sun
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A response to a letter
claiming to represent the views of all Christians regarding the nature of
the Bible and marriage in the
Tacoma (WA) News Tribune
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A response to a letter about
Fred Phelps, Matthew Shepard, marriage, and Christianity in the
Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review
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A response to an anti-equal-marriage-rights letter in the
Arizona Republic
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A response to quotes from
the head of the anti-gay
Article 8 Alliance of Massachusetts in
The Times-Picayune of New Orleans
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A letter
about public school students wearing anti-gay Christian t-shirts to the
San Diego Union-Tribune
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A thank you to the
Fargo Forum for mentioning the
participation of churches in Fargo's first
pride parade (published)
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A response to a
letter about religious opposition to equal
marriage rights in
The Repository of Canton, OH
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A response to an
anti-marriage letter in the
Santa Maria (CA) Times
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A response to a
letter in
The Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg, VA
that quoted from the Radical Religious Right
American College of Pediatricians
(published)
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A response to a
pro-civil-marriage, anti-religious-marriage editorial in the
Paragould (AR) Daily Press
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A response to an
article about the Utah Pride Festival in
The Salt Lake City Tribune
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A response to
an anti-marriage-equality letter in the
Brownsville (TX) Herald
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A letter to
the Rapid City (SD) Journal
regarding their decision to publish an "Adam and Steve"
letter
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A letter to
the Eastern Arizona Courier
regarding an article about diversity of relgious
opinion over equal marriage rights that did not
include a single pro-marriage quote
July 2004
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A letter about an anti-gay Baptist quote
in the Chicago Tribune
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A response to anti-gay
ordination editorial in The Index-Journal of Greenwood, SC
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A response to an article about an
anti-gay church sign in
The Palladium-Times of Oswego, NY
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A response to a marriage article in
The Salt Lake Tribune which began
"Utahns will have to choose between compassion
and religion…"
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A response to an anti-same-gender-parents
column in the Orlando Sentinel
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A response to an article in the
in the San Luis Obispo County (CA) Tribune
in which a minister said that marriage for same-gender couples
was a form of terrorism
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A thank you
to the Los Angeles Times
for an editorial in favor of equal marriage rights
and church-state separation
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A response to an article about a
minister who supports the Federal Marriage Amendment in
The News Journal of Wilmington, DE
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A thank you for a pro-equal-marriage-rights
editorial in the
Minneapolis, MN Star Tribune
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A response to a pro-Federal-Marriage-Amendment
editorial in the Bowling Green (KY) Daily News
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A response to an anti-Federal-Marriage-Amendment
not-quite-pro-marriage editorial in the
Philadelphia Inquirer
August 2004
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A thank you for a religious liberty protection
editorial in The Des Moines Register
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A response to a commentary in the
News-Leader of Springfield, MO
about how marriage has always been for same-gender couples
(published)
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A response to a quote in the
New York Daily News
from a minister who claimed that a rally against equal
marriage rights was not an anti-gay rally
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A response to a
New York Times
letter claiming marriage
has always been for mixed-gender couples
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A letter to the
Delaware County Daily Times regarding a commentary by and an editorial
about, Michael Marcavage of Repent America.
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A letter to the
Boca Raton News regarding a statement that the
MCC is the only Christian
denomination that ministers to GLBT people.
September 2004
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A response
to a column about elected officials and religious belief
in the Philadelphia Daily News
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A letter
about equal marriage rights and religion
to the Billings (MT) Gazette
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A response
to an anti-pro-gay-Christian column in
The Charlotte Observer
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A response
to a misleading headline about the P&G Boycott in
the Cincinnati Enquirer
October 2004
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A response
to an anti-marriage letter in the Danville (KY) Advocate Messenger
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A letter
about the existence of pro-GLBT religious
organizations, congregations and clergy to the UCLA Daily Bruin
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A response
to an editor's column about what he called "junk theology"
in the Portland (ME) Press Herald
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A response
to an interview with an anti-gay minister in the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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A response
to a "Judeo-Christian marriage" letter in
The Statesman Journal of Salem, OR
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A letter
to the St. Joseph, MI Herald-Palladium
regarding their characterization of anti-gay-rights activist
Alveda Celeste King
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A response
to an article about an anti-gay religious rally in the
Bowling Green (KY) Daily News
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A response
to a positive headline on a story about an anti-gay religious rally in
The Sun Herald of Biloxi, MS
November 2004
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A response to
letters about the definition of "marriage" in the
St. Petersburg (FL) Times
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A response to
a column about Christianity, homosexuality and abortion in the
Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader
December 2004
January 2005
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