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2002-03-16

Saturday, March 16, 2002 4:02 PM
The value of an American Life

To whom it may concern:

I recently received information relating to gay-Americans and the the
September 11th fund. Apparently, the United States government has now placed
a value on a human life. Not that there should be any varying degrees of
value on human life, but it seems that a fetus, as well as, an illegal alien
are now both deemed more valuable and inherently worthy of September 11th
relief than are homosexual Americans. It seems to me that this is blatantly
unAmerican and outright discriminatory. It is shameful, non-cohesive and
perpetuates discrimination, segregation and hate. How is this country
supposed to pull together when the indirect message they are receiving from
actions like these are: "there are some people who are more "American" and
worthy of relief than others."

I am deeply discusted with this newfound information and plan on speaking
with the rest of the Feminist (and other liberal) groups on my college campus
in order to spread awareness of what the government is now doing. People
need to be educated on the widespread corruption and discrimination that the
government perpetuates.

I have seen a little coverage of this issue on the news, I believe it was the
O'Reilly factor (not sure though), and it seems the only government reaction
and justification for this action was, "if the states do not recognize
same-sex partners than we have to follow state statute." ..........It occurs
to me that this is simply a cop-out to do the wrong thing. Issues like
September 11th and this recent Florida Gay-Adoption case (and Rosie
O'Donnell) prove to the rest of America that it is time to take Federal
Action on the issue of HUMAN rights. Discrimination is past its time, it is
time to do something about it. If the states do not recognize this, the
Federal government needs to start stepping in and making
suggestions-----discrimination should not be tolerated in America. And
making excuses based on state statutes is evading the issue altogether and
sending the wrong message to this country.

Thank you for your time.

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2002-03-16