R001597
Monday, March 18, 2002 1:56 AM
Victim Compensation
Could you please explain to me why some gay Americans are being left out? I
really would like to know! First, they are Americans! AMERICANS!! Should
they not be allowed the same benefits under this Fund just like an illegal
alien? However, illegal aliens, if lost loved ones, deserve the compensation
just like everyone else. These are the same people the government would boot
out of the country, under any other circumstance. However, I would think
that no matter who you are provided that you lost someone in the horrendous
attack, would get compensation. I sincerely doubt anyone is going to stop
and say, "Let's sue because some gay person got benefits and our state
doesn't allow that!" Do you know what kind of ill will and basic dislike
that person would receive? Not just from gay americans (There's that word
again - AMERICANS!!) also from other people who are heterosexual. For
someone, to actually attach a lawsuit again someone who suffered through the
9/11 with their loved ones dying, would be horrendous! That person would
probably be received as a terrorist in his own country for something like
that. All those people died for no reason whatsoever, and they will always
be remembered. However, why should some of them be considered lesser of a
memorial than others? Surely it would not be of their sexual orientation?
Come on one would think this country, The Land of the Brave and the Free, is
not going to let someone go unnoticed! I don't know, maybe I'm just one of
those people that think everyone should be equal. If you stop and think
about it, people that say gay people want gay rights....What they are simply
asking for is basic human rights! Is that hard to believe? Right thats are
given to every person that live in this country, however some people are out
there that wish to deny people that and call it an agenda. We like to call
ourselves The United States, but how United are we? Maybe that should be a
question posed to every American (Funny, how that word keeps popping up -
AMERICANS!!) Maybe in a perfect world things will run smoothly, however,
until then we should be making the best out of it, not trying to divide the
country even further.
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