dojR002743.xml

dojR002743.xml

born-digital

email

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2002-03-26

Tuesday, March 26, 2002 12:11 PM
Against Decision to follow state discremination laws


Dear Department of Justice:

Thank you for all of your hard work and the difficult task of running the 9/11 fund. (I can only assume that it is one of the hardest things your department has had to do.)

I would like your department to know that I disagree with the decision to follow state law in determining whether to grant benefits to a partner of a same sex relationship. An article passed on to me on March 11, 2002 stated that many laws were being "over-looked" to compensate as many people that were affected from this tragic situation. I applaud your efforts to look at people and not laws in this VERY special situation.

However, I also read that Kenneth Feinberg's decision to follow state law to avoid law suits from states with respect to same sex couples ( and his partner.) Senator John McCain stated that he was thankful that their were still people like in this world and that Senator McCain possibly "owed" these men his life for saving the government buildings.

If we are going to "over-look" laws with respect to illegal aliens, I believe that our government and more importantly this fund should take a stand to treat ALL people fairly.

Please pass this email up the "chain of command" and let the "right" people know that if we are going to move ahead from this tragedy, we must all remember that we are people working together to build a better world.

Sincerely,

Individual Comment
San Francisco, CA

2002-03-26