R002660
Saturday, March 23, 2002 12:55 PM
September 11 Victim's Compensation
Sirs:
It has come to my attention that the September 11 Victim's Compensation Fund
will not be paying any compensation to life-partners of any of the gay and
lesbian victims of the attacks on September 11, but there will be
compensation for the families of illegal aliens and foreigners who were
victims.
Had I known that this was to be the case, I would never have made any
contribution to the fund. Those victims who were lesbian and gay and who
have life partners are being discriminated against outright, and as the body
who enforces justice in this country, the Department of Justice is committing
a grave error. This discrimination has completely destroyed any feeling of
patriotism that the attacks of September 11 instilled in me, an American gay
male who votes.
I will find out who is responsible for including such language in the
compensation fund's charges, and I will do everything in my power to see that
they are not reelected, if indeed they have been elected.
I also want to know why, as the justice enforcement arm of the government,
your department does not seek to end discrimination in this country which
denies basic rights supposedly enjoyed by all Americans, but which
short-sighted and narrow-minded politicans continue to curtail.
I am completely diillusioned and disgusted by our government.
Individual Comment
Pawleys Island, SC