Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 00:02:35 -0500 From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Arizona Daily Star Marriage Letter December 29, 1999 Arizona Daily Star PO Box 26887 Tucson, AZ 85726 Dear Editors: Thank you very much for your pro-marriage editorial of December 22. We did have one small quibble however. While the phrase "gay marriage" is conveniently terse, it is inaccurate. We prefer to say "civil marriage for same-gender couples." The phrase "gay marriage" implies that there could be two kinds of marriage: "gay" and "straight." Legally, there would be one institution, "civil marriage." Personally and religiously, the structure of each marriage would continue to take on whatever form each couple wants. Sincerely, Barbara Lamond Purdom Christopher Purdom Interfaith Working Group Coordinators The above letter was sent on IWG letterhead listing 18 congregations and religious organizations and 63 clergy from 16 religious traditions. Visit our Religious Support for Equal Marriage Rights page: http://www.iwgonline.org/marriage/ -- Interfaith Working Group PO Box 11706 Philadelphia, PA 19101 http://www.iwgonline.org/ iwg@iwgonline.org voice: 215-235-3050 fax: 215-232-0829