dojR001073.xml

dojR001073.xml

born-digital

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2002-03-16

Saturday, March 16, 2002 4:02 PM
Discrimination is wrong

hello,

I am dismayed to hear that the families of lesbian or gay victims of the Sept
11 calamity are going to be treated differently -- and in fact, as in
ordinary day-to-day life, are going to be treated as unimportant and "less
than". An extraordinary amount of money was given by generous Americans, to
be distributed to the families of victims. This is no time for
government-sponsored homohobia to determine how much a grieving family member
has to watch go to other "real" families. I think this is disgraceful, and
truthfully I don't know any of you can sleep at night, if you are part of
this injustice. It is time to redefine 'family', to include, not just
fetuses and illegal aliens as well as conventionally married people, but
people whose strong bonds of love and commitment DEFINED them as "real"
families, regardless of the legalities.

Individual Comment
York, PA

2002-03-16