May 22, 2004

Indianapolis Star
PO Box 145
Indianapolis, IN 46206-0145

Dear Editors:

Thank you for your May 16 article about Jesus MCC.  It is always 
heartening to see coverage of gay and gay-friendly congregations 
in mainstream media, especially with so much anti-gay religious bigotry 
in the news regarding marriage.  But we also look forward to the day 
when all religious organizations, congregations and clergy welcome and 
affirm gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and their families, 
and the existence of a gay or gay friendly congregation is no longer 
remarkable enough to be news.


Sincerely,
Barbara Lamond Purdom			
Christopher Purdom
Interfaith Working Group Coordinators