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 12, 2002 11:21 AM benefits To whom it may concern, I just wanted to voice my disappointment that same-sex partners are not going to benefit from the victim compensation fund. When one of the heroes of September 11th was gay, ( ) it becomes even more tragic. I realize that you have stated that you are following the laws on the books in each state. But the fund is making exceptions for illegal immigrants and others. You are giving benefits to unborn children and other extended family members. How tragic that you will not honor the relationships that existed with same sex partners. Apparently our patriotism is not quite on the same level with those who "choose" to be heterosexual. I know that if my "domestic partner" suddenly died, I would lose the house we bought together and the cars we own together. How is this loss any different that the losses of heterosexual couples? I am sorry that you cannot see this injustice, and even more sorry that the losses of gay Americans devastated by September 11th will continue to go ignored. I am appalled. Sincerely, Individual Comment Minneapolis, MN September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-12 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 dojR000409.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. 2002-03-12