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2002-03-20

Wednesday, March 20, 2002 7:41 PM
Express outrage over Exclusion

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I write to add my voice to the many who have written or called to request
that the same-sex domestic partners of the gay and lesbian victims of
September 11 disaster be allowed to recieve the same benefits as do the
widows and widowers of the heterosexual victims. I am outraged that while
the spouses or married illegal aliens working in the US illegally, and the
unborn fetuses growing in the wombs of the spouses of married men killed
in the tragedy are being extended a compassionate hand, the partners of
gay victims will not necessarily receive the same treatment. Do not get me
wrong, I am not in favor of restricting access to benefits that the first
two groups might hope to receive, but I am against the exclusion of the
domestic partners of people like
who helped bring down the flight in Pennsylvania,
who died in the line of
duty when the first tower fell, and
who was

of the plane that crashed into the
--these heroes--from receiving the same benefits.

I ask that you act honorably in the memory of these people whose actions
showed America the true definition of hero and of heroism on that day.
Their families are deserving of your honor, too.

Individual Comment
Seattle, WA

2002-03-20