dojR001632.xml

dojR001632.xml

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2002-03-16

Saturday, March 16, 2002 9:17 PM
information on fund distribution


Could you please tell me if it's true that partners of victims of
the 9/11 terrorism will not get equal benefits from the fund if the
partnership was homosexual? I just heard this from a source I usually
consider very good, but this is hard to believe. Allegedly the
justification was that if state law discriminates against gays, the the
fund should follow suit. This makes no sense - the fund is not
administrated by, funded by, or in any way connected to state
government, and should be free to be handled BETTER than the states
manage. Certainly those who died are just as dead, whether gay or
straight, and their partners and loved ones are just as devestated!
I hope you can reassure me that this is just another vile rumor and
as wrong as most of them.

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2002-03-16