dojR001754.xml

dojR001754.xml

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2002-03-18

Monday, March 18, 2002 8:34 PM
Unacceptable discrimination

It is unconscionable that the September 11 Victims Compensation Fund has
adopted regulations that discriminate against the life partners of gay and
lesbian victims of the attack. Many gay men and women lost their lives and
lost loved ones. Their lives were disrupted as horrifically as those of
every other victim. They paid the same price as every other victim. How
can you possibly see fit to denigrate them now in this sordid manner.
Illegal aliens, fetuses, common law heterosexual unions -- all are
recognized, and rightly so. But where is the justice for our gay brothers
and sisters, sons and daughters? This is a shameful step that must be
reconsidered and altered.

Individual Comment

2002-03-18