dojA000614.xml

dojA000614.xml

born-digital

email

yes

no

2001-12-04

Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:20 PM
include all families

Kenneth L. Zwick
Office of Management Programs, Civil Division
U.S. Department of Justice

Dear Mr. Zwick,

Thank you for your offer for public comment on forthcoming regulations
re: the Sept 11 Victim Compensation Fund. To exclude anyone because of
sexual preference is truly a despicable act. That would be to say that
the gay couple who died in the plane crash at WTC with their adopted son weren't victims. Or that the gay man known to have joined in on the resistance to the hijackers on the Pennsylvania plane wasn't a hero. Surely we have suffered enough without the hatred of small minds
poisoning a fund meant to provide some small solace to the bereaved. Gay people and their families die, they are heros, they grieve deeply. They should compensated and treated like everybody else.

Individual Comment
Austin, TX

2001-12-04