March 20, 2004

The Washington Post
1150 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20071

Dear Editors:

Thank you for your reasonably balanced March 15 article 
“Same-Sex Marriage Issue Challenges Religious, Political 
Ties.”  It is sad and unfortunate that anti-gay religious 
teachings are just as divisive, destructive and prominent 
in predominately African American churches as in most of A
merica’s faith traditions and religious communities.  
Discrimination and oppression are discrimination and 
oppression whether prompted by skin color, sexual 
orientation, gender identity, religion, or any other 
human characteristic.


Sincerely,
Barbara Lamond Purdom			
Christopher Purdom
Interfaith Working Group Coordinators