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 18, 2002 2:51 PM Same-Sex Partner Compensation I am writing to call for the equal treatment of our gay citizens who lost a loved one during the Sept 11th disaster. The Special Master indicated that he would abide by the State's probate statutes in determining who would receive compensation. This is not an equitable way in dealing with those lost who were in same-sex marriages. The State has refused to recognize these marriages, even though in common law, they should be. The fact that a couple is financially interdependent on each other, hold joint property, in some cases raising children, should be plenty of evidence that these citizens had formed the moral equivalency of marriage, and for the purposes of this statute, should be honored. How can you justify that a couple who have been together for YEARS have less of a right to the protections afforded in the fund than a straight couple married for an hour? I urge the federal government to fairly treat ALL of its citizens, and stop pandering to the hate-mongers who want to marginalize our gay citizens. Gay people died on Sept 11th, are fighting in the Armed Forces, and served as fire and police men and women. These people deserve as much as any other CITIZEN of a country. It is time to place this pettiness aside, and do what is right, fair, and equitable. We should not have a second class in this country. Sincerely Individual Comment Boston, MA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-18 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 dojR001964.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. 2002-03-18