R002065
Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:04 AM
9-11 Fund is flawed
The world looks to the United States of America as an example, we attempt
to make wrongs right all over the world and to educate the world to be
compassionate of differences in people. We try to work to heal religious
differences, racial differences and educational differences...yet our own
country is going through its most devastating time emotionally and
economically for the last 50 years and we are not showing compassion to our
citizens. If I understand correctly the will of this Fund is to EXCLUDE
domestic partners of gay VICTIMS of 9-11. WHAT!? We have overcome so much
to learn to not hate people for their sexual preference and this fund seems
to take the country back 20 years. Do domestic partners of gay victims not
have house payments, or credit card bills, or need money for food and
medical care? Most Fortune 500 companies now pay life insurance benefits to
domestic partners in a homosexual relationship if they can prove they have
been in that committed relationship for 6 months or longer - why can't a
fund formed in 2001 follow suit? Is the only reason that you have excluded
this group of people is because you don't feel their argument for punitive
damages will hold in a US court of law, if they attempt to sue the
airlines? Seems to be a purely financial decision in a time when this
country needs compassion, from the top down. If the United States wants
patriotism and compassion among its citizens, the government needs to start
to treat all citizens fairly. We can start by treating gay domestic
partners (tax payers!) at least as well as illegal aliens.
Individual Comment
Atlanta, GA