R001760
Monday, March 18, 2002 5:16 PM
(no subject)
To Whom It May Concern:
Please explain something to me. After the September 11th attacks, we
were told that we must unite as a whole country. To help us do so, a lot of
the outward prejudices towards everyone were dropped. For the first time, we
all looked at each other as the same, as equals. We no longer saw each other
as Native Americans or African Americans or Italian Americans or Heterosexual
Americans or Homosexual Americans, we were simply Americans. I thought that
was progress. Now it seems, you are revoking that feeling. Tell me why the
gay and lesbian partners of the people who died on September 11 are not going
to receive the same benefits as heterosexual partners. Is it now that the
aftermath seems to have calmed down, you show us that you simply lied? That
we should only come together and be equals when there is a crisis? You should
know that would only make us appear weaker. We should not have had to wait
for this attack to make us come together. It should be a continuous thing.
With your statement saying that the homosexual partners do not deserve the
same as the heterosexual partners, you are setting it all back. It makes me
livid to see how simply you can tear it all apart. It brings to mind a few
words I shall leave you with: hypocritical and bigoted.
Thank you for your time,
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