dojR000635.xml

dojR000635.xml

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2002-03-13

Wednesday, March 13, 2002 12:20 PM
9/11 Fund Distribution



> I am appalled by the Kenneth Feinberg's comments on Meet the Press this
> past Sunday. I am ashamed that my government would see fit to so openly
> discriminate against Gays and Lesbians, people who were equally devastated
> by the events of September 11. I rejoice over the new found freedoms of
> the women of Afghanistan, but wonder how we can call other governments
> discriminatory when we won't even acknowledge such a large, politically
> active, community-oriented group in our own country.
>
> Is there something that tells you that gays and lesbians grieve less,
> sacrifice less, or in any way are less affected than other U.S. Citizens
> by these events? How can you in good conscience say that you will forgive
> immigration violations to compensate illegal immigrants, yet ignore and
> marginalize a group of citizens who were legally employed? How can you
> look into the faces of the loved ones of those who died - people who loved
> and cared for the victims as much as any spouse - and tell them that they
> don't count simply because of their sexual orientation? I think the
> obvious answer is that you decline to look at them at all. For that you
> should be ashamed, especially to wrap your discrimination in the cloak of
> warding off lawsuits, an incredibly specious arguement and one not worthy
> of consideration. Not in this country, not in this time.
>
> I hope that you will reconsider your actions, take the right and moral
> step and compensate those who lost loved ones, regardless of their sexual
> orientation. I expect my government to act in a more noble manner.
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2002-03-13