dojA000171.xml

dojA000171.xml

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2001-11-28

Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:34 PM
compensation fund comments

November 28, 2001

Dear Director Zwick:

I would like to ask that rules developed by the Department of Justice
regarding the victims' compensation fund include gay/lesbian life partners
and children of those partners. In many cases, long-term committed
partners are not able to jointly adopt children they are raising, and so a
child may be, from a legal standpoint, considered a stranger to the parent
they have lost. And of course, gay and lesbian couples are not recognized
by federal law in most cases.

Thank you for your consideration of these issues.

Sincerely,

Individual Comment
Madison, WI

2001-11-28