dojR002436.xml

dojR002436.xml

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2002-03-20

Wednesday, March 20, 2002 9:18 PM
Compensation to the loved one of Gay Victims

As a Lesbian who has been in a committed, monogamous relationship for ten
years I am outraged that the partners of the gay victims of the 9/11 tragedy
will not be offered the same compensation as the families of heterosexual
victims. Kenneth Feinberg's reasoning is ludicrous. If gays and lesbians are
left out of his program to the extent that their own states don't include
them, how does he justify offering benefits to illegal aliens who are being
coaxed into coming forward to make claims by an assurance from the Attorney
General of the US that they will not be penalized and neither will their
employers. Am I missing something or is Feinberg being selective about the
laws that will be ignored and those that will be enforced? Personally I have
no problem with illegal aliens being compensated. They, like all others
including gay and lesbians, who have had to deal with the gut wrenching agony
of losing their loved ones, deserve it. My problem is with the homophobia and
hypocrisy of our government officials.




Individual Comment
Royal Oak, Michigan

2002-03-20