R000650
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 2:02 PM
Compensation fund: please include survivors of gay and lesbian
families!
The heroism and the tragedy of 9/11 cut across the distinctions of race,
class, age, sex, national origin, and sexual orientation. As married,
churchgoing parents who do our best to teach our kids fair play,
democratic principles and the Golden Rule, we are appalled that you
would even consider for one moment cutting off the survivors of gay and
lesbian families from compensation. What on Earth can you be thinking,
to be so hard of heart as to exclude some of God's children from the
distribution of charity in order to advance a narrow political agenda?
The terrorists who caused this horrible tragedy in the first place did
so because they were stuck in a rigid "Us vs. Them" mentality and it
caused them to act in brutal and cruel ways. We expect much better from
the civic leaders in this democracy. Please do the right thing and take
immediate steps to include ALL surviving children and families in the
distribution plan.
Individual Comment
Parents of two teenage sons
Portland, OR