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. Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:04 AM No Gay Discrimination! I am alerted by recent e-mail posts and articles that suggest that gays may not be eligible for the same compensation offered to other victims of the 9/11 catastrophe, including even illegal aliens. The 9/11 disaster showed America that gay persons were among the heroes that came forward in our time of need. &nbsp , gay rugby player, was among the handful that may have saved Congress from being a target. One of the &nbsp who flew into the &nbsp was reportedly gay, as were a number of policemen and firefighters who willingly ran into danger for the sake of saving others. Denial of their partners and loved ones the same benefits accorded to everyone else sends a message that America does not value the lives of gays equally, and that it remains acceptable to discriminate against gays. Distribution of benefits should be determined based on federal standards and not states law. Individual Comment Kansas City, Missouri September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-21 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 dojR001856.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. 2002-03-21