R000488
Tuesday, March 12, 2002 4:26 PM
Protesting the Exclusion of Domestic Partners from the 9/11
Fund
As a gay American, voter, and taxpayer, I am writing to register my disgust
at the exclusion of domestic partners
of victims receiving compensation from the 9/11 fund. This is biased, and
reinforces the message that gay people's
families, which include partnerships as strong as any marriage, are less
worthy of financial support than even illegal aliens' families. Obviously
state and federal law have been ignored in the case of illegal aliens, but
when it comes to American citizens, it is simply more politically expedient
to hide behind "existing state laws." All domestic partners who can provide
proof of a lasting relationship (lease, financial interdependency,
assignment of wills, life insurance, and 401(k)s, etc) should be included.
9/11 affected EVERYONE, Americans of all races, colors, creeds,
nationalities, religions...and gay people died along with them. I urge you
to reconsider your policy and try to lessen the pain of the surviving
partners of these American heroes, rather than adding to it.
Respectfully,
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