dojA005119.xml

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2001-12-19

December 19, 2001

Kenneth L. Zwick, Director
Officer of Management Programs
Civil Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20530

Dear Mr. Zwick

I am writing in response to the Department's request for public
comments regarding the forthcoming regulations for implementing and
administering the "September 11 Victim Compensation Fund."

I urge the Department to draft regulations that ensure compensation is
available to all victims of the attack, including the committed partners and
the non-biological children of gay lesbian victims.

I am not a homosexual. I am a physician, and acknowledge that those
who are of different sexual orientation than I are fellow humans and should
be treated as such. Their grief and economic loss is no less that of any
others. I write because I know some prejudice exists in high places and gays
and lesbians may be considered deviant and therefore excluded.

Sincerely,

Individual Comment

Kodiak, AK

2001-12-19