dojA000504.xml

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2001-12-04

Tuesday, December 04, 2001 7:23 PM
September 11 Victim Compensation Fund

Dear Mr. Zwick:

This letter is in response to the request for public comments regarding the
regulations for implementing and administering the "September 11 Victim
Compensation Fund." I strongly urge the Department to draft regulations that
ensure compensation is available to all victims of the attack, including the
committed partners and the non-biological children of gay and lesbian
victims. This should be a time of coming together in this country and
partisan politics should not play a role in deciding who deserves to get
compensated and who doesn't. Each person lost or injured and their families
were effected in the same way.

The families of gay and lesbian victims' grief and economic losses are no
less important or worthy than any other person's family. To deny the right
of compensation to these families would be inhumane. To afford rights to
some victims and not others would be going against the fundamental rights we
espouse to other countries about freedom for all people.

Many Americans lost their lives on September 11, each of whom left behind
loved ones. I urge the Department to honor these bonds by treating the
families of gay and lesbian victims as you would any other.

Sincerely,

Individual Comment
Coppell, TX

2001-12-04