R000560
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 5:43 AM
Important - 9/11 Fund not fair in distribution of funds to
Gays!
Dear President George W. Bush,
As a contributor to the 911 Fund and a voter for yourself, I am deeply
upset about the treatment that the partners of gay victims are scheduled to
receive. My partner and I have been in a committed relationship for nine
years and have taken legal steps to ensure that each of us is taken care of
in the event one of us should die. All because the Government continues to
recognize the religious institution of marriage. We must end the state
sponsorship by endorsement of religious acts. I share John's comments
below:
On Sunday morning's "Meet the Press," Kenneth Feinberg, the head of the
September 11 Victim's Compensation Fund (a program of the US Dept. of
Justice), is planning on limiting what kind of compensation goes to gay
and lesbian victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. And the way the
rules read, gays and lesbians will probably get nothing. Forget that , a gay man, was one of the heroes who brought United Flight 93
down in a field in Pennsylvania instead of on top of the US Congress,
where it was supposedly headed. And forget that NY Fire Department
was gay, as was the of the plane that
flew into the Pentagon. No, according to John Ashcroft's Justice
Department, apparently some heroes are more equal than
others.
This story is a must read. And pass it along to your friends. (Also,
you'll really want to check out the story online, as there are a lot of
hyperlinks in it to other good content about this issue, like John McCain's
eulogy of , etc.)
I just cannot express the depth of my anger. It's as though Ashcroft and
the Fund are suggesting that gay Americans did not suffer as much as
everybody else on September 11. I can tell you that for me at least,
watching the Pentagon burn outside my living room window is an image I
won't soon forget - regardless of what John Ashcroft and the 9/11 fund
think of me and my patriotism.
Incredibly angrily yours,
Individual Comment
9/11 Fund to Discriminate Against Gays
About.com - US Politics
March 11, 2002