R001215
Saturday, March 16, 2002 8:01 PM
9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
I would like to express my outrage that partners of gay and lesbian heroes
of September 11 will not automatically receive the same benefits as the
spouses of heterosexual victims of the horrible terror attacks.
Even fetuses and illegal aliens will be receiving benefits from this fund.
Contrary to federal law, families of illegal aliens are promised
compensation. Yet the life partners of heroes like who helped
bring down the flight in Pennsylvania, NY Fire Dept. who died in the line of duty when the first tower fell, and who was of the plane that crashed into the Pentagon are
to be treated with less regard than illegal aliens.
Since September 11, we have been encouraged by the President and public
leaders to exercise tollerance toward those with different beliefs than our
own. What argument can be offered to justify intollerance to partners of
gays and lesbians who were equally victimized by this tragedy. Our country
be a beacon of freedom and tollerance. We MUST set, for the world, an
example of tollerance--tollerance for ALL PEOPLE, not just straight ones.
I urge you to grant partners of gay and lesbians in the Victim Compensation
Fund equal compensation. Don't trivialize the deaths of these Americans.
Individual Comment
Plano, TX