R002161
Tuesday, March 19, 2002 11:17 AM
How Un-AMERICAN CAN WE BE.
To Whom It May Concern:
I was outraged to learn that the partners of gay and lesbian victims
of Sept. 11 will not automatically receive the same benefits as
heterosexual victims' spouses. The September 11 Victim Compensation
Fund will apparently even provide for fetuses and illegal aliens
-- but not homosexual partners.
This blatant discrimination is so totally un-American that it sickens
me. What makes some American heroes more equal than others, simply
because they are heterosexual? The terror of 9/11 should have united
our country -- but here again is division.
How sad that some have learned SO LITTLE from such a great loss.
Each life that was lost was a tragedy -- not just heterosexual
lives. Therefore the partners of the homosexual heroes of 9/11
deserve the same compensation that ANY victim's family receives.
SHAME on the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund for such horrific
discrimination in the wake of this tragedy.
Its incomprehensible to me how you could arbitrarily cut out a significant
portion of these families. I am appalled at your actions and only hope
that you come to your senses and act sensibly.
A disappointed American,
Individual Comment
Annandale, VA