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. Tuesday, March 19, 2002 7:56 PM Equality in benefits for heroes of September 11 Dear Madam or Sir; I am outraged that while illegal aliens, fetuses, and partners of the opposite sex are recieving benefits for their loss of those who died in the tragic bombings of September 11th, the government is excluding all gay and lesbian persons who lost their loved ones. This is blatant discrimination. Many speeches were made that stated that no longer are we Cuban-Americans, African-Americans, but this does not appear to include Gay-Americans. I would like to know why a large segment of the American population who contribute so much are ostracized. I want all partners of loved ones to recieve the same benefits regardless of sexual preference. It is only just. Love is love and a loss of a loved one is something that should not be ignored. Gays and Lesbians lost partners who meant as much to them as heterosexual couples. It appears that this country is still asleep and it is time for the government to wake up. Illegal aliens are being recognized and their loved ones are recieving benefits but gay citizens are being shunned, ignored, and totally dismissed. This is a mark of shame which needs to corrected. I ask you to take action and recognize the loss of those gay citizens who lost their lives on a day that will be remembered forever. Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-19 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 dojR002259.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. 2002-03-19