dojR000655.xml
Title
dojR000655.xml
September 11 email body
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 2:16 PM
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>Dear Victims Compensation Fund,
>
>I am writing to voice my concern over the exclusion of same-sex partners from
>the 9/11 Victims' Compensation Fund. This horrible tragedy was unprecedented
>and affected people from all walks of American society. All the affected
>deserve our help. Your administration has recognized that a compassionate and
>effective response will entail making certain exceptions to general U.S.
>policy on eligibility for public benefits, such as making compensation
>available to undocumented aliens (and protecting their employers from
>prosecution should such individuals come forward). Please make sure that ALL
>affected families and households receive the assistance they need to cope with
>this terrorist attack, whether the household was counting on the income of a
>brother or sister, an opposite-sex but unmarried partner, a same-sex partner,
>or a friend. Fair rules can be devised for assisting all families and
>households who were directly affected by this terrorist attack. Please don't
>use this as an opportunity to cut out or further marginalize people whose loss
>and grief is no less real because they are not heterosexual.
>
>Sincerely,
Individual Comment
San Francisco, CA
please read
>Dear Victims Compensation Fund,
>
>I am writing to voice my concern over the exclusion of same-sex partners from
>the 9/11 Victims' Compensation Fund. This horrible tragedy was unprecedented
>and affected people from all walks of American society. All the affected
>deserve our help. Your administration has recognized that a compassionate and
>effective response will entail making certain exceptions to general U.S.
>policy on eligibility for public benefits, such as making compensation
>available to undocumented aliens (and protecting their employers from
>prosecution should such individuals come forward). Please make sure that ALL
>affected families and households receive the assistance they need to cope with
>this terrorist attack, whether the household was counting on the income of a
>brother or sister, an opposite-sex but unmarried partner, a same-sex partner,
>or a friend. Fair rules can be devised for assisting all families and
>households who were directly affected by this terrorist attack. Please don't
>use this as an opportunity to cut out or further marginalize people whose loss
>and grief is no less real because they are not heterosexual.
>
>Sincerely,
Individual Comment
San Francisco, CA
September 11 email date
2002-03-13
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Date Entered
2002-03-13
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Citation
“dojR000655.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/31037/.