Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Department of Justice Emails Description An account of the resource The Department of Justice received more than 11,000 e-mails in response to the agency's public solicitation for comments upon its plans to distribute the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 established by Congress to benefit the victims of September 11 and their families. These e-mails have been organized here by date. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Monday, March 18, 2002 8:23 PM 9/11 victims fund I and this country is truly at a loss for the type of discrimination that is going on in this country. I CANNOT believe that the 9/11 Victims Fund would exclude gays and lesbians who were in a relationship from claiming benefits for the surviving partners. The attack should have brought EVERY AMERICAN together to get through this, but apparently, if you're hetro, citizen or not you have nothing to worry about, you'll get compensation. Who do you think helps pay taxes in this country that claims to be "home of the brave"? If statistics are correct 1 in every 10 is gay, how much taxes do you think gay and lesbian Americans pay? Why should we be treated differently? Yes, I know there are laws on the books such as DOMA and in most states, same sex relationships are not acknowledged, however, that doesn't mean that they are not valid. I've been w/ my partner for 15 years and I WOULD expect him to receive his fair compensation had I been a victim in the attacks. What if the shoe were on the other foot? What if all hetros were told they would either receive nothing or a less amount than a homosexual surviving partner would receive? Congress would sure move VERY swiftly to change those laws. The attacks should have taught EVERY American that our differences make up this WONDERFUL tapestry of America, but apparently not so. DO NOT let the terrorists succeed! DO NOT be afraid of STANDING up and acting FAIRLY and oppose any attempt to value one life over another. There were too many heroes, gay and straight, to make a division. EVERY LIFE THAT WAS LOST IS TRAGIC, DO NOT MAKE THE WHOLE SITUATION WORSE! Thank you, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-18 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource dojR001751.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-03-18