R000208
Monday, March 11, 2002 2:57 PM
Ridiculous
I find the stand that the 911 fund has taken as utterly ridiculous on the
issue of gay and lesbian survivors of the 9-11 attacks. Gay and Lesbian
citizens of the United States are just that: citizens of the United States.
Wasn't the fund was set up to aid survivors of people lost in those attacks?
If a person can show financial dependence on another person who was lost and
therefore request aid, WHO ARE YOU TO SAY THAT RELATIONSHIP WAS NOT VALID?
To deny same sex partners aid based on law and break the law by extending
aid to illegal aliens is hypocrisy. Taking the side of state law on this
issue is the coward's way out. Fight, stand up and do the right thing.
Same sex couples can not get married, they can not stand up and say "I do"
in the government's eyes, so people who met and were married 1 hour have
exponentially more legal protections when they lose that loved one. Is that
right? Would it not be more fair to ask people to show there is now more
financial hardship since their loss? This would cover anyone, gay or
straight who really needs financial help.
I'll leave you with this thought. Gay and Lesbian people are numerous in
this country, they tend to be civic minded and they tend to support social
justice. How many hundreds of thousands of dollars now in your fund came
directly from Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered individuals to aid
survivors whether they be black or white, conservative, married, illegal
alien, straight or gay, bigoted or not? You don't know? Neither do I, but
it sure seems to me there are a lot of good reasons to cover us too.
Individual Comment
Minneapolis, MN