dojA001074.xml

dojA001074.xml

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2001-12-05

Wednesday, December 05, 2001 10:53 PM
request for public comments re Sept. 11 victims

Dear Mr. Zwick:

I strongly urge you to have your department draft regulations that ensure
compensation to all victims of the Sept. 11 attack, including the domestic partners and the non-biological children of gay and lesbian victims.

The families of gay and lesbian victims suffer the same grief and devastation that other families do. Our country must help all that suffered losses from these terrible attacks, not discriminate against some families who happen to be gay or lesbian.

Many Americans who died in the attacks on September 11 left behind loved ones. Some of these Americans were gay or lesbian. I urge the department to treat the families of these victims the same as they treat the other victims. They all deserve to be treated equally in terms of the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund.

Sincerely,
Individual Comment
Sunnyvale, California

2001-12-05