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 11, 2002 6:46 PM Benefits should be extended to same sex spouses. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Justice Department, The 9/11 fund was set up with the express purpose of honoring the memory of those who died in the tragedy which befell our nation in September. However, the position of the DOJ is that same sex partners will not recieve benefits from this fund unless states recognize them. As you are well aware, states are just now starting to realize that same sex partners are worthy of the same respect as heterosexual partners. Since the government has denied the right to marry to same sex couples, they are unable to automatically receive many of the benefits heterosexual couples are able to take for granted. When Thomas Jefferson wrote the words "all men are created equal" he meant everyone. Including homosexuals. I urge you to adopt a policy of tolerance towards ALL people who lost family members on September 11, 2001. Sincerely, Individual Comment Minneapolis MN September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-11 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 dojR000287.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. 2002-03-11