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 12, 2002 10:52 AM victim compensation discrimination against homosexual partners Dear Mr. Feinberg: I am simply appalled by the decision of the 9/11 fund not to provide compensation to gay and lesbian partners. The gays and lesbians on the planes and in the buildings are no less dead than the heterosexuals. The suffering of their partners is no less real than the suffering of heterosexual partners. Sen. John McCain praised as a hero in his eulogy. Are we to assume that because he is gay is less of a hero than the others who rushed the cockpit? Although you may blame state laws for the discrimination, we all know that the truth is simpler -- hatred. The 9/11 fund has even chosen to disregard national laws and grant financial compensation to illegal immigrants. Certainly illegal aliens are equally deserving of financial compensation, but if you are willing to set aside national laws, why not offer compensation to gays and lesbians regardless of state laws. I'm disgusted by this decision on the part of the 9/11 fund. Individual Comment Presto, PA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-12 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 dojR000399.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. 2002-03-12