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 18, 2002 1:21 PM Sept 11: Equal NOT Preferred Rights for All Americans Kenneth L Zwick, Director, Office of Management Programmes Civil Division US Dept of Justice MAIN BLDG Room #3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC #20530 ATTN: Mr Kenneth L. Zwick------------ It has come to my attention that the current interpretation of legislation pertaining to the Sept 11th Victim Compensation Fund unfairly discriminates against partners of gay victim American citizens of the attack, including, of all people, the surviving partner of who led the "Let's Roll" call aboard Flight 93 in order to divert it from its target (allegedly the US Capitol Bldg in Washington), a fact which was heinously kept from the American public (which only reminds one of the post mortem "amnesia" in the press about the valiant actions of who perished while praying over the bodies of the slain when struck by falling debris at Ground Zero in NYC). Clearly, this Administration (and a noticeably sycophantic press corps, which routinely caters to the Administration's core messages) has consciously made a decision to overlook the heroic acts of these two individuals, both outstanding American citizens, for reasons which can only be ascertained as "politically motivated" (i.e. catering to the threats from the socalled Religious Right Wing of this country, an ignorant group who by and large have no first hand understanding of the cultic legal system of the semi-nomadic Iron Age "Israelite amphyctionies" yet never refrain from quoting bad English translations of ancient unpointed Hebrew Texts they cannot read nor comprehend). The whole scenario reminds the historian of Italy under Mussolini, who denied that gays (uomines omosexuali) even existed in Fascist Italy, a fact which made Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci rather "inconvenient", to say the least. Please open up the dialogue on this issue with the President and others appointed to interpret the letter of the appropriate legislation pertaining to this blatant discrimination currently being overlooked in high places in Washington, for whatever reasons (political, religious or politico-religious even). It seems a stretch of logic to extend "benefits" to illegal immigrants who already make "illegal" us of American public services in this country, and not extend the same class of benefits to gay American citizens whose tax dollars are used to finance such operations (among others) which do not in anyway benefit them. I feel it is time that someone in Washington had the intestinal fortitude to voice these objections loud and clear for the American people to hear and decide upon for themselves. Americans generally are fair on such issues when the facts are presented to them without prejudgment. Those who support the gay communities in this country and abroad look only for EQUAL rights, not special or preferred rights under the law, and I would therefore ask that you reconsider your position on this important issue facing the nation. I would also appreciate a response to this email from your office some time in the near future. With all due respect, Individual Comment Pleasanton CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-18 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 dojR001928.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. 2002-03-18