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2002-03-22

Friday, March 22, 2002 10:50 AM
An American Family

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing to voice my deep disappointment in the government's inclination to deny benefits to the life partners of the gays and lesbians who were victims of the September 11 attacks. I had believed that, if nothing else, the events of last fall taught us all that our patriotism and faith in one United States of America transcended all those boundaries that formerly divided us. The government apparently agrees -- at least enough to grant benefits to illegal aliens and fetuses who lost loved ones in the attacks. The fact that the government will not grant these same benefits to survivors of committed same-gender partnerships, even if demonstrated by domestic partnership registration, joint real estate or other legal documents, is unconscionable. As a tax-paying, voting citizen of the greatest country in the history of the world, I am ashamed.



Individual Comment
Key West, FL

2002-03-22