dojA001446.xml

dojA001446.xml

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2001-12-10

Monday, December 10, 2001 10:09 PM
September 11 Victim Compensation Fund

Thank you for your work in setting up the September 11 Victim
Compensation Fund. It would be a mistake to focus all of our energy on
bringing those responsible to justice and not also do everything
possible to ease the suffering of the victims so I really appreciate
your work.

I understand that part of your job is to establish regulations governing
the "September 11 Victim Compensation Fund." I know that this will be a
complex task but I hope you will include an important consideration as
you do your work. Please make sure that compensation is available to
all surviving families of those killed, including the committed partners
and non-biological children of gay and lesbian victims.

Both Islamic and Christian fundamentalists will try to tell you that
God's love is conditional and that they (the fundamentalists) are the
only ones who really understand those conditions. Islamic
fundamentalists created tremendous suffering on September 11. Please
don't let fundamentalists of any persuasion convince you to treat the
suffering of one group differently than the suffering of another.
Please make sure your regulations do not compound the suffering of gay
and lesbian families. Thank you from a straight, Christian voter from a
republican district in Kansas.

Individual Comment
Wichita, KS

2001-12-10