February 17, 2004

Denver Post
1560 Broadway
Denver, CO 80202

Dear Editors:

While we greatly appreciate your editorial stance against the Federal Marriage Amendment, 
and your recognition that the language of the amendment is almost incomprehensible, we must
object, again, to your contention that the sensibilities of people of faith who believe in 
a gender-based definition of religious marriage are more important than the sensibilities 
of people of faith who recognize that marriage is not inherently gender-specific, and even 
worse, that their sensibilities are more important than the legal recognition of the 
inherent equality of the lives, loves, and families of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and 
transgender people.


Sincerely,
Barbara Lamond Purdom			
Christopher Purdom
Interfaith Working Group Coordinators