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 10:27 AM Comment on 9/11 compensation I urge you to be inclusive in the distribution of compensation for this tragedy, particularly toward gay and lesbian families. Gays and lesbians are already suffering under the antigay discrimination of our marriage laws. They stand to have that discrimination elevated to the level of persecution if we deny the survivors of that tragedy compensation using those same discriminatory laws as justification! We are in our hearts a fair country. Polls show that 75% of Americans feel that gay and lesbian families should be extended some form of recognition. Our state laws have not caught up with this change in the will of our citizenry. I understand your urge to comply with state law, but these extraordinary circumstances demand that you honor the will of our people, not the antiquated nature of many of our existing laws on recognizing same sex relationships. Certainly the suffering caused by the events of September 11 and their aftermath have not discriminated against anyone. Sincerely, Individual Comment Oakland, CA 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 dojR002496.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