The motto of the mail carrier has long been: "Neither rain, nor snow, nor death of the night, can keep us from our duty."
A Detroit couple is concerned that the motto isn't gay inclusive.
The gay couple in Detroit claims that the mailman is refusing to deliver to their house because they're gay, according to a report by Erika Erickson of Fox 2.
James Lawson and his husband Theodore Washington tell Fox 2 that the mail was being delivered on the block when it was chock-full of debris. They say they cleaned up the debris, but once the mailman discovered they were gay the mail stopped coming.
They said the mailman said he wasn't going to deliver because they were the only people living on the block. Lawson says the mailman delivers to other blocks that are full of debris and abandoned houses.
They said they received a notice saying that tires in the street were blocking the mailman from doing his job, and mail had been suspended permanently. The couple had put the tires there to prevent debris dumping on their street. They said they removed the tires for two weeks, but still didn't get mail.
They haven't had mail delivery in three weeks, Fox 2 reports.
Lawson says that he has cancer and is not getting his medication and notices via mail about doctor appointments.
Lawson says the mailman made a comment to the neighbor "that the (#!$!) can get their mail from the post office."
Fox 2 reports that the U.S. Postal Service says that's unacceptable and is being investigated.
-- Allan Lengel
