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. Sunday, December 09, 2001 11:33 PM Compensation for families of Sept. 11 To whom it may concern: Please add my voice to the number of those who believe that gay/lesbian partners of victims of the Sept. 11 tragedy should be compensated similarly to heterosexual partners. This terrible event has touched all our lives. Money can never make up for the wrenching experience of knowing how someone so beloved was taken. however, most of us who are gay/lesbian enter into relationships making plans to grow old together. We have the same wonderful sense of whimsy and excitement in pooling our ideas and our funds. If we could be legally recognized as "spouses", believe me, we would. Since we cannot, we should be able to show the committee proof of our long-term commitment, a sharing of funds, a domestic partner agreement...whatever it is that might be required. Many of us rely on the second person's income to provide rent, home supplies etc. The loss of that person decreases the present and future life style of the remaining individual. Please weigh carefully the ability to treat all relationships fairly. The nation's gay/lesbian citizens gave their lives the same as other citizens. Don't deny their surviving partners monetary remuneration. Thank you. Individual Comment Sacramento, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-09 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 dojA001397.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. 2001-12-09