The 9/11 Gay Element

One of the many disturbing aspects of the 9/11 tragedy is the treatment of gay widows/widowers by the US government. New York State passed a measure that called on the federal government to include same-sex partners in their Federal relief programs. The Bush administration's response to gay survivors was to do nothing - they just left it to the discretion of the State's own probate laws. Gay survivors that were not New Yorkers were left with nothing.
When will our leaders start to understand that showing compassion to all groups will bring our fractured world together?