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 4:19 PM No compensation for domestic partners? I am outraged, though sadly not surprised, that the September 11 Fund will not provide compensation to the survivors of gay victims of the terrorist attacks. What of , a gay man, who was one of the heroes of United flight 93? And what of NY Fire Department , who was gay? What of the untold numbers of gay people who died alongside their straight colleagues in the most horrific event of our nation's recent past? Is the grief and need of their survivors somehow less significant than those of heterosexual victims? According to the transcript from March 9's Meet the Press, Kenneth Feinberg has indicated that while fetuses and illegal immigrants will be eligible for benefits, domestic partners will not unless their state laws recognize the partnership. He is willing to bend the law for fetuses and illegal immigrants, but not for homosexuals. How petty. How small. How bigoted and how sad. Patriotism, heroism, sorrow, anger, and need do not discriminate. Apparently the Justice Department does. One more reason to weep for our nation. Individual Comment Denver, CO 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 dojR000097.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