January 23, 2003

A step in the right direction


9/11 fund awards lesbian partner $500,000. WASHINGTON —A federal fund created to compensate victims of the Sept. 11 attacks has awarded $500,000 to the lesbian partner of a woman who died at the Pentagon, a decision gay rights advocates hailed as a milestone. [USA Today: Nation]


Good to see this.  I'm sure there will be some who will protest it, and I'll almost be surprised of no one files suit to prevent them from awarding benefits to homosexual partners (on the theory that it leaves less money for "real" families or something of that nature), but I'm really glad that they're going ahead and doing it anyway.

Posted by thorswitch at January 23, 2003 12:00 PM | TrackBack


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