dojA000755.xml

dojA000755.xml

born-digital

email

yes

no

2001-12-05

Wednesday, December 05, 2001 10:15 AM
equal treatment for victims and their families

I am asking you the Justice Department to include among relatives eligible
for compensation those who lost their life partners as well as de facto
parents or children, without regard to sexual orientation or marital status.

I am asking you the U.S. Government to follow the example already set by
New York Governor Pataki in granting compensation benefits "on a showing of
mutual interdependence with the victim, in recognition that anyone who
shared with the victim living expenses, day-to-day activities and the
emotional bonds of family deserves help in this time of need."

Signed a concerned lesbian from Colorado that wants equal treatment for all
the victims and their families.

Individual Comment

2001-12-05