Letter Reporting on CRH in Washington, D.C.
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Letter Reporting on CRH in Washington, D.C.
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Phyllis Lyon & Del Martin Papers.
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Repository: GLBT Historical Society
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5020 Cathedral Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
March 2, 1966
Miss Del Martin
The Council on Religion and the Homosexual
330 Ellis Street
San Francisco, California 94102
Dear Del:
In the course of a conversation, one evening, in Kansas City, you asked what the purposes and goals for the Washington Area Council on Religion and the Homosexual area.
In order to supply you with a complete answer, I am enclosing some background material having to do both with out Council, and with the MSW Committee on Religious Concerns, the activities of which preceded, and gave rise to the Council. If you read the material in the order in which I have numbered it, I think that you may get some insight into our thinking — which, I believe, is not really significantly different from yours (except only that, since our clergymen are seemingly, more conservative than yours, we are operating as a closed-membership group, as the enclosed draft-constitution indicates).
Any comments which you have would be appreciated.
Our Council's address, incidentally, is:
The Washington Area Council on Religion and the Homosexual
Post Office Box 5618
Washington D.C. 20016
As soon as I have "picked up all the threads again, after my 10 days away from Washington, in connection with the KC meeting, I will proceed to get together the material we discussed, in regard to the military — although there won't be that much, since the Services have been notable for their nearly (but not quite) unbroken silence.
Please keep me (personally) closely posted on all developments in regard to the May 21st rally and released subjects — and I will, of course, return the favor. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Franklin E Kameny
Washington, D.C. 20016
March 2, 1966
Miss Del Martin
The Council on Religion and the Homosexual
330 Ellis Street
San Francisco, California 94102
Dear Del:
In the course of a conversation, one evening, in Kansas City, you asked what the purposes and goals for the Washington Area Council on Religion and the Homosexual area.
In order to supply you with a complete answer, I am enclosing some background material having to do both with out Council, and with the MSW Committee on Religious Concerns, the activities of which preceded, and gave rise to the Council. If you read the material in the order in which I have numbered it, I think that you may get some insight into our thinking — which, I believe, is not really significantly different from yours (except only that, since our clergymen are seemingly, more conservative than yours, we are operating as a closed-membership group, as the enclosed draft-constitution indicates).
Any comments which you have would be appreciated.
Our Council's address, incidentally, is:
The Washington Area Council on Religion and the Homosexual
Post Office Box 5618
Washington D.C. 20016
As soon as I have "picked up all the threads again, after my 10 days away from Washington, in connection with the KC meeting, I will proceed to get together the material we discussed, in regard to the military — although there won't be that much, since the Services have been notable for their nearly (but not quite) unbroken silence.
Please keep me (personally) closely posted on all developments in regard to the May 21st rally and released subjects — and I will, of course, return the favor. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Franklin E Kameny
Citation
“Letter Reporting on CRH in Washington, D.C.”, The Council on Religion and the Homosexual, LGBTQ Religious Archives Network, accessed May 18, 2024, https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/crh/item/1808.