dojR001523.xml

dojR001523.xml

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2002-03-17

Sunday, March 17, 2002 6:32 PM
Funds to 9/11 victims' families

Dear Mr. Zwick, if your agency/program is discriminating in any way as to the disbursement of funds to the family members of the 9/11 victims, please STOP IT, RIGHT NOW. I've been informed that there will be either lesser or no funds given to the partners of Gay men and women who died on 9/11. If this is true, the backlash from your actions will be tenfold unless you reverse your actions. A person who gave his life in order to spare the destruction of one or more buildings and many lives in Wash. D.C., IS something worth considering and recognizing, whether or not you accept, embrace or despise Gays and Lesbians. As a servant of the public at the highest level of our country's government, you have neither the right nor a good reason to discriminate. And don't even think of using the excuse that "the law is the law" when excluding the partners of Gay men and Lesbians. There are laws regarding illegal aliens that you and/or your agency are ignoring!
Period. How do you justify that? If this action on your part isn't a blatant example of hypocrisy, I don't know what is. I am totally disgusted with you and your agency.
I think that you are among those in this country who, in the past, and continue now, to underestimate the will, conviction, determination, and resolve of Gays & Lesbians in this country to fight to the bitter end for equal treatment------hence, equal rights. There are countries in Europe that have laws respecting and recognizing Gays & Lesbians, and their relationships/partnerships that make the U.S. laws and attitude look like something from the Dark Ages. Gays & Lesbians in the U.S. are "in it for the long haul", in case you haven't noticed. Gays and Lesbians are no different from any other group that is "kept down"------the more you suppress them, the more determined and harder they pound away at the inequities. In the end, there will be victory for Gays & Lesbians. IT IS ENEVITABLE. If you choose to believe otherwise, go ahead and stay in the Dark Ages mode of thinking, and you'll just be bulldozed over (figuratively speaking) like rubble and trash in the street. You and the Federal Gov't. cannot keep ANY group of people down. No way. So, think about your ignorance and possible hate, then choose to educate yourself and others with whom you associate at ALL levels, personal & professional, so as to make of this world a more peaceful, loving place. I wish you well in your endeavors.
Sincerely,

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2002-03-17