February 18, 2004

Fort Worth Star Telegram
PO Box 1870
Fort Worth, TX  76101

Dear Editors:

Thank you for your February 13 article about same-gender couples applying for marriage 
licenses.  We were concerned however, by the quote from the Rev. C.M. Singleton, who was 
“dismayed that many gay and lesbian activists are linking their efforts to the civil rights
fight of the 1960s” and who thinks that the current movement “has no relationship with the 
civil rights movement.”  At the very least the two movements are linked because they are
supported by some of the same people, including John Lewis, James Lawson, Rodney Powell, 
and Coretta Scott King, all of whom have made very explicit connections between the two 
movements.  The next time somebody tells you there’s no connection, you might want to 
mention those names to them.


Sincerely,
Barbara Lamond Purdom			
Christopher Purdom
Interfaith Working Group Coordinators