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2001-11-28

Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:57 PM
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund

To Kenneth L. Zwick, Director
Office of Management Programs, Civil Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Re: Comments on the Department of Justice?s Rulemaking regarding the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001

Dear Mr. Zwick

I urge you to include among relatives eligible for compensation those who lost their life partners or de facto parents or children, regardless of sexual orientation or marital status. In the words of Senator Charles Schumer:

The need for support and recompense is no less real for these survivors than it is for the countless other relatives who lost loved ones. America has reached out with enormous generosity to all of the victims because our common humanity recognizes that grief and loss are not reserved to any single culture or group ? they are borne by each and every one of us, whatever our race, religion, or sexual orientation. (October 31 letter to Attorney General Ashcroft) There are those in our nation with little humanity who would deny compensation based upon their 'religious bias. Please exercise your own humanity in this rulemaking process.

Thank you,

Individual Comment
Lakewood, Ohio

2001-11-28