dojR002077.xml
Title
dojR002077.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
email
Date Entered
2002-03-19
September 11 Email: Body
Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:05 AM
Gays and the 9/11 fund
In recent interviews, the head of the September 11 Victim Compensation
Fund (a fund created by Congress to help the families of those who died
on September 11) has made clear that the partners of gay and lesbian heroes
of September 11 will not necessarily receive the same benefits as the spouses
of heterosexual victims of the horrible terror attacks.
EVEN FETUSES AND ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE COVERED!!!
Even fetuses and illegal aliens will be receiving benefits under this
problem - heck, they've even promised to overlook federal law and NOT arrest
and kick out the families of illegal aliens, nor will they punish American
companies that hired illegals in violation of federal labor laws.
But when it comes to gay and lesbian heroes of the day -
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
(there are many more) - we are told the law is the law and no exceptions
can be made.
If 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
Gays and the 9/11 fund
In recent interviews, the head of the September 11 Victim Compensation
Fund (a fund created by Congress to help the families of those who died
on September 11) has made clear that the partners of gay and lesbian heroes
of September 11 will not necessarily receive the same benefits as the spouses
of heterosexual victims of the horrible terror attacks.
EVEN FETUSES AND ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE COVERED!!!
Even fetuses and illegal aliens will be receiving benefits under this
problem - heck, they've even promised to overlook federal law and NOT arrest
and kick out the families of illegal aliens, nor will they punish American
companies that hired illegals in violation of federal labor laws.
But when it comes to gay and lesbian heroes of the day -
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
(there are many more) - we are told the law is the law and no exceptions
can be made.
If 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
September 11 Email: Date
2002-03-19
Collection
Citation
“dojR002077.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 16, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/26842.