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 11:27 AM Horrible bigotry in distribution of 9-11 funds I think it is sad and appalling that when the funds are distributed to help those who lost someone on 9-11, everyone, even illegal aliens, will receive compensation. But if a gay or lesbian lost their partner on that day, then the federal government is simply going to look away and say "well, we'll just leave that to the states to decide". How dare you! This kind of ignorance and bigotry is despicable and puts our government at a par with Osama Bin Laden. Don't try and hide behind excuses like "we think this is a decision best left to the states". &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp I say. The government should take this opportunity to show how equal America is, how it looks past every difference and says no matter what, we will help you with your loss. This isn't a question of respecting religious beliefs are "honoring" the time honored tradition of marriage. Don't try and tell me it's going to be hard to figure out who is a partner and who is not, or that if you allow partners everyone will come forward "pretending" to be one. You know as well as I do that these are all lies to hide hatred and fear of that which is different. Change your policy now and come forward stating that all gay and lesbian's partners will receive equal compensation. These people lost someone just like everyone else. You're not God, so don't play at it and pass judgement on who people choose to love. Now is a time to show love, compassion, and equality. Not discrimination. 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 dojR000167.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