R000674
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 4:08 PM
stop discrimination
I'm writing to say that I am shocked to hear that partners of gay and
lesbian victims of the September 11th tragedy will not recieve the same
compensation as straight people and as illegal aliens will recieve. In a
country which is supposedly founded on the separation of church and
state, this is a strange circumstance indeed. It appears that the
government is taking the kind of stance that did in those
days immediately following the tragedy....making it clear that
fundamentalist prejudice is still very alive in the U.S., just as it is
in many fundamentalist Islamic countries. The fact that it is Christians
doing the discrimination is no comfort to those affected by this
discrimination.
Please realize that history will one day recognize the legitimate human
rights of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual people, who have always been a part
of building this nation, and of defending it, as (a gay man
on United flight 93) did on September 11th, 2001. How wonderful it would
be if the manner in which the September 11th Compensation Fund is
distributed could be a sign of a coming equitable and just future, rather
than a remnant of a hypocritical and ignorant past.
Sincerely,
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