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2002-03-19

Tuesday, March 19, 2002 1:17 PM


Kenneth L. Zwick, Director
Office of Management Programs
Civil Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Main Building, Room 3140
950 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20530

Dear Mr. Zwick,

I was outraged to learn that the partners of gay and lesbian victims of
Sept. 11 will not automatically receive the same benefits as heterosexual
victims' spouses. The September 11 Victim Compensation Fund will apparently
even provide for fetuses and illegal aliens -- but not homosexual partners?

This blatant discrimination is so totally un-American that it makes me sick
to my stomach. What makes some American heroes more equal than others,
simply because they are heterosexual? The terror of 9/11 should have united
our country -- but here again is division.

How sad that some have learned so very little from such a great loss. Each
life that was lost was a tragedy -- not just heterosexual lives. The
partners of the homosexual heroes of 9/11 deserve the same compensation that
any victim's family receives.

Shame on the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund for such horrific
discrimination in the wake of this tragedy.

An extemely disappointed American,



Individual Comment
Alexandria, VA

2002-03-19