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 2:31 AM Re: Why aren't gays included in the 9/11 compensation? Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Hello, my name is . I live in Shreveport, Louisiana. I wanted to comment on, what I feel is a travesty, that your offices are about to make. You must include the partners of gays and lesbians of those who died on Sept 11th. To lose your partner, then be denied any compensation as heterosexuals around you do receive the resources to start over, in my honest opinion, is beyond cruel. It's inhuman. Do we gays not pay taxes? Did we gays not contribute to charities that helped both heterosexuals and gays, alike? Did we not die in those attacks, too? Are we not Americans, as well? I find it the darkest irony that religious fundamentalists took their lives, and through the efforts, in my honest opinion, of homegrown religious fundamentalists, they will be denied equality even in death. That the present Attorney General, John Ashcroft, is clearly a religious fundamentalist, dims my hope and faith in justice. I am under no illusions about it. And, where this will lead is hard to foresee. But, there will be consequences from this. Regards, Individual Comment Shreveport, Louisiana 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 dojR002049.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