R001928
Monday, March 18, 2002 1:21 PM
Sept 11: Equal NOT Preferred Rights for All Americans
Kenneth L Zwick, Director,
Office of Management Programmes
Civil Division
US Dept of Justice
MAIN BLDG Room #3140
950 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington DC #20530
ATTN: Mr Kenneth L. Zwick------------
It has come to my attention that the current interpretation of legislation
pertaining to the Sept 11th Victim Compensation Fund unfairly
discriminates against partners of gay victim American citizens of the
attack, including, of all people, the surviving partner of who led the "Let's Roll" call aboard Flight 93 in order to divert it from
its target (allegedly the US Capitol Bldg in Washington), a fact which was
heinously kept from the American public (which only reminds one of the
post mortem "amnesia" in the press about the valiant actions of who perished while praying over the bodies of the slain when
struck by falling debris at Ground Zero in NYC).
Clearly, this Administration (and a noticeably sycophantic press corps,
which routinely caters to the Administration's core messages) has
consciously made a decision to overlook the heroic acts of these two
individuals, both outstanding American citizens, for reasons which can
only be ascertained as "politically motivated" (i.e. catering to the
threats from the socalled Religious Right Wing of this country, an
ignorant group who by and large have no first hand understanding of the
cultic legal system of the semi-nomadic Iron Age "Israelite amphyctionies"
yet never refrain from quoting bad English translations of ancient
unpointed Hebrew Texts they cannot read nor comprehend).
The whole scenario reminds the historian of Italy under Mussolini, who
denied that gays (uomines omosexuali) even existed in Fascist Italy, a
fact which made Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci rather "inconvenient",
to say the least. Please open up the dialogue on this issue with the
President and others appointed to interpret the letter of the appropriate
legislation pertaining to this blatant discrimination currently being
overlooked in high places in Washington, for whatever reasons (political,
religious or politico-religious even).
It seems a stretch of logic to extend "benefits" to illegal immigrants who
already make "illegal" us of American public services in this country, and
not extend the same class of benefits to gay American citizens whose tax
dollars are used to finance such operations (among others) which do not in
anyway benefit them.
I feel it is time that someone in Washington had the intestinal fortitude
to voice these objections loud and clear for the American people to hear
and decide upon for themselves. Americans generally are fair on such
issues when the facts are presented to them without prejudgment.
Those who support the gay communities in this country and abroad look only
for EQUAL rights, not special or preferred rights under the law, and I
would therefore ask that you reconsider your position on this important
issue facing the nation. I would also appreciate a response to this email
from your office some time in the near future.
With all due respect,
Individual Comment
Pleasanton CA