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dojR001878.xml

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2002-03-18

Monday, March 18, 2002 12:05 PM

For the record, for public record, I am outraged that gay and lesbian
partners of those who died on September 11 are not automatically going to receive the same
benefits as heterosexual spouses.

If September 11 has taught us anything, it's that our patriotism and love of
country transcend our differences and unite us all. We were told that
September 11 was the day that "hyphenated-Americans" were no more, and rather than being
Italian-Americans, African-Americans or gay-Americans, we were now simply
Americans, all of us together as one American family.

What have we learned?
from September 1th?
from ?
from past discriminations?
from history?
Since when did gay mean half, less?
Can we afford more blindness and ignorance and rigidity?
It was said that September 11th marked a new day--let's see it, let's live
it, equal rights/equal compensation/equal remembrance for all our heroes, for
all those lost.

I am writing this for the memory of:



And so many more...

I will not let their deaths be in vain.

Individual Comment
NYC

2002-03-18