September 11 Digital Archive

dojR002468.xml

Title

dojR002468.xml

Source

born-digital

Media Type

email

Created by Author

yes

Described by Author

no

Date Entered

2002-03-21

September 11 Email: Body


Thursday, March 21, 2002 4:30 AM
Comment on Final Rules

Dear Mr. Zwick:

I did not suffer any personal loss on 9/11 but I am one of the people whose money is being disbursed by your fund and therefore I have a strong interest in how you are planning to compensate survivors.

It is so sad to see a horrific event which united all Americans in their sorrow and in their generosity, become politicized with regard to who qualifies for compensation.

I am speaking of what appears to be the exclusion of homosexual partners. How sad that we are making distinctions about which people matter on the basis of carefully worded qualifications which make it appear that only under certain circumstances will these relationships be given the status they deserve.

I know that homosexual partners suffered the same loss both emotionally and financially that I would have suffered if my husband had been a victim.

I contributed a lot of money to all the funds. I contributed till it really hurt. Had I known that such distinctions and political considerations would be applied I would not have made contributions to any fund that planned to exclude homosexual partners.

It is heartbreaking to me to see how this is all coming down.

Your good intentions no longer impress me when your final rules are in some cases discriminatory and judgmental and meant to please those who harbor bias that is little to do with the issue of loss and all to do with their own personal idea of morality. Death on 9/11 made no such distinctions.

Sincerely,

Individual Comment
El Cerrito, CA



September 11 Email: Date

2002-03-21

Citation

“dojR002468.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed November 16, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/27308.