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2002-03-16

Saturday, March 16, 2002 9:03 PM
PLEASE be fair to gay people


dear sept. 11 fund,

i was horrified to hear that gay partners of victims of the sept. 11
attack will not be treated like all other families of have lost their
loved ones. if you only knew that being gay is no choice, i'm sure you
would then see that your exclusion of gay partners is simply a
travesty. please treat these people as people. i know that your job
has been a tough one, filled with emotions. don't take a short cut to
exclude gay people.

peace and blessings to you,

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.

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2002-03-16