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 2:38 PM Victims of WTC disaster need your help To Whom It May Concern: I am writing to say that I recently learned that domestic partners are not covered by the September 11 Victims Compensation Fund. I think this is wrong and I ask that you change this policy. My partner and I have been together for 14 years. We own a home together. We are a family in every sense of the word. I would hate to think that if i died in a sudden, unprovoked terrorist attack mitigated on innocent people that my life partner would not be able to receive the same benefits that any married person would receive - including non American citizen illegal aliens. If society allowed gay and lesbian people to marry most couples would marry, but because of a homophobic society we have been included from the rights every other American receives. The idea that survivors and victims of the terrorist attacks would not be compensated the same as everyone else in the gravest of hours of their lives is wrong. I would hate to think that if I died this way my partner would not only lose me, but she would lose our house and who knows what else. Would you want this for your children or grandchildren? Please rethink this discriminatory policy and help ALL Americans who have suffered in this tragedy that includes all people in domestic partnerships -- straight and gay. Sincerely, Individual Comment East Marion, NY 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 dojR000470.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