R001109
Saturday, March 16, 2002 4:56 PM
I'm outraged
To whom it may concern:
I'm outraged that the partners of gay and lesbian heroes of
September 11 will not necessarily receive the same benefits
as the spouses of heterosexual victims of the horrible
terror attacks.
Explain to me how fetuses and illegal aliens will be
receiving benefits under this plan. One group is unborn
and the other is promised that federal law will be
abandoned in order to continue the Bu$h Appointed
Administration's Nazi Putsch to remove any semblance of
Democracy from America.
But when it comes to gay and lesbian heroes of the
day such as who helped bring down the flight
in Pennsylvania, NY Fire Dept.
who died in the line of duty when the first tower fell, and
(there are many more) I have read that
the law is the law and no exceptions can be made. But the
Fund is abandoning the law if illegal aliens are allowed to
be covered without threat of deportation.
If September 11 has taught us anything, it's that our
patriotism and love of country transcend our differences
and unite us all. We were told that September 11 was the
day that "hyphenated-Americans" were no more, and rather
than being Italian-Americans, African-Americans or
gay-Americans, we were now simply Americans, all of us
together as one American family. Apparently, that family
just got a divorce. The hyphens seem not to matter when our
government wants to use our heroism to inspire others, but
when it comes time to actually aid the families of those
heroes, the hyphens, discrimination and bigotry have
returned full-force.
Has the Bu$h Appointed Administration been listening to the
Tag-Team-for-Jesus again?
Let me repeat, I am outraged that gay and lesbian partners
of those who died on September 11 are not automatically
going to receive the same benefits as heterosexual spouses.
Individual Comment
Oklahoma City, OK