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 11, 2002 10:33 PM Meet the Press and Kenneth Feinberg's slight on Gay Partners of 9/11 victims Dear Sir or Madame, I'm writing because I am abhorred to have learned that Kenneth Feinberg stated recently on "Meet the Press" that gay partners of the heroes of September 11th will not necessarily be eligible for the same compensation as heterosexual family members who lost their loved ones. His rational for such blatent discrimination is to rely on existing state laws regarding who would be eligible. Very few States have enacted laws to protect domestic partners and of those that have, most apply only to State employees. In fact many States and the Federal Government have gone out of their way to prevent gay marriages and unions and thereby eliminating all benefits that come from similar unions between heterosexuals. Feinberg said that he cannot take on state law by including Gays and lesbians in the compensation program. However the duplicity of his argument is ever transparent by his willingness to include illegal aliens in the program and offer them and their employers assurance that they will not suffer consequences by coming forward. It is not my intention to pit one group against another here, but merely point out Feinberg's willingness to turn the other way for one group in an admirable effort to be as inclusive as possible with the program while on the other hand blatently discriminating against Gays and Lesbians. I urge you to stand up for the equality of all Americans who were affected by the tragic events of 9/11 and amend your policy to include compensation to the Gay and Lesbian partners of victims. It is precisely times like this that we need unity in this country not divisive policies like the one currently in place. Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-11 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 dojR000325.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. 2002-03-11