Friday, December 14, 2001 9:31 PMPM
Protect Traditional Marriage
Mr. Kenneth Zwick
Office of Management Programs Department of Justice
Washington. DC
Dear Mr. Zwick:
I want to express my opposition to any effort by the federal government
to provide 9-11 victim compensation funds to "domestic partners" of unmarried
survivors of the terrorist attack upon our nation.
Funds disbursed through the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
of 2001 should only go to the surviving family members of those who died
on 9-11. Funds must go to the widows, widowers, orphans, and other blood-related
or adopted members of the family--not to unmarried sexual partners of those
who died.
To provide funds to "domestic partners" is to undermine the traditional
definition of marriage and family to include any number of sexual liaisons
between same-sex or opposite-sex unmarried couples. Many homosexuals and
swinging heterosexuals, for example, engage in sex with multiple partners.
Do we provide funds to each of the sexual partners? Where do we draw the
line on how many "domestic partners" a person may have?
Homosexual activists are exploiting the 9-11 tragedy by asking the
federal government to redefine what constitutes a legitimate "family" under
the law. In fact, homosexual activist , writing
in Out magazine has openly called for the subversion of the concept of
marriage between a man and a woman. He has urged homosexuals to fight for
the legalization of homosexual marriages and once legalized to "redefine
the institution of marriage completely . . . . to debunk a myth and radically
alter an archaic institution. . . . The most subversive action lesbians
and gays can under take--and one that would perhaps benefit all of society--is
to transform the notion of 'family' entirely."
If the DOJ provides funds to "domestic partners," it will be helping
accomplish his goal: That of redefining marriage and altering what he calls
an "archaic institution."
We also oppose September 11th Funds going to the estates of the deceased
instead of to their surviving family members. No one can know for certain
where these funds will end up if they are deposited in the estate of a
person who has died. The person may have willed his estate to a terrorist,
racial hate group, or even to an organization like the North American Man-Boy
Love Association. No one will know unless each person's will is examined
by a DOJ lawyer.
The money should go to the surviving family members of the deceased,
not to the estate or to the surviving "domestic partner."
Individual Comment
Birmingham, AL
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