R002695
Friday, March 22, 2002 7:48 PM
prejudice
Dear Sir,
It has been brought to my attention that the partners
of the gay men and women, may receive less
compensation than their hetero-sexual
counterparts.
" In an appearance on the Sunday, March 10
broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press," Kenneth
Feinberg, the head of the September 11th Victim
Compensation Fund (a fund created by Congress
and run by the Department of Justice), said that gay
partners of the heroes of September 11th will not
necessarily be eligible for the same compensation as
heterosexual family members who lost their loved
ones."-9/11 Fund To Discriminate Against Gays
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This is outrageous and unfair. I have no doubt that
the gay partners ,of the people who died on 9/1l,
have suffered as much as the husbands and
wives who died on 9/11. Their lives have been turned
upside down, and they too must now pick up the pieces.
What happened on 9/11 was a huge tragedy. Please do not compound this tragedy, by
alienating the many good people, who happen to be gay,
who lost their loved ones in the 9/11 attack.
I urge you, in the strongest terms, to extend
equal compensation to the gay partners of those who
lost their lives in the 9/11 attack. They are
not any different from you and I, and they too are be
suffering . They too have lost their life partner, who
shared their personal lives, and financial
lives. They too, may be struggling with financial
difficulty, as well as the the unbearable grief of
loosing their loved one. This is an issue of
compassion and empathy, not of gender or sexual
preference.
Sincerely,
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