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dojR001958.xml

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2002-03-18

Monday, March 18, 2002 2:38 PM
some americans are more equal than others...

I'm writing to express my outrage that gay and lesbian
partners of the victims of the Sept. 11 attack will not
automatically be eligible for compensation, while everybody
else will, including fetuses and illegal aliens.

If the September 11 has taught us anything, it's that our
patriotism and love of country transcend our differences and
unite us all. We were told that September 11 was the day
that "hyphenated-Americans" were no more, and rather than
being Italian-Americans, African-Americans or gay-Americans,
we were now simply Americans, all of us together as one
American family. Apparently, that family just got a
divorce.

The hyphens seem not to matter when our government wants to
use our heroism to inspire others, but when it comes time to
actually aid the families of those heroes, the hyphens come
back with a vengeance, and it seems that some American
heroes are now more equal than others.

Individual Comment
Honolulu, HI

2002-03-18