R002537
Thursday, March 21, 2002 2:53 PM
Final Ruling Response
I find it incredible that we are going to allow state government dictate
who will and who will not be compensated for their losses. The victims
of the 9/11 attack were victims of the world, and should not be made
additional, individual victims of their state legislature. Regardless
of the distributing body for the funds, these monies are national monies;
they should not be placed under the restrictions of anything other than
Federal mandates. Listen to the people. Are there caveats on the monies
they gave to the victims. Did I, or anyone else who sent money say "Hey,
you can have my money so long as you don't give it to gays, lesbians,
people of Arabic decent, people who have some Islamic contingent in their
background, etc., etc.?" No.
Regardless of the fact that same-sex marriages or partnerships are not
recognized by all states, if there is documented proof that people were
living in common it isn't our place at this moment to judge them. They
have suffered a loss that is no less than a heterosexual's loss. Are
you really going to compound the devastation of their experience by withholding
what little compensation is available to them? For God's sake, don't
judge. None of us are so free that we can say what one man does is right
versus that which another man does is wrong. Cowboy up, Federal Administration,
and help out all the people, not just the people of whom you condone
their actions.
I don't like what you are doing, but I wouldn't withhold aid based on
this judgment. How about succumbing to real Christian ethics and help
people instead of judging them. Find the word of God, if this is the
issue, instead of the expectations and persecution of man.
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