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. Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:34 PM Compensation for "nontraditional" families To whom it may concern, I wanted to write and express my concern over the possibility that the Department of Justice may not be justly awarding compensation to the loved ones of victims who were gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered. In this time of national grieving, we must not only express our deepest sympathies towards the victims and their families but must also understand that to narrow a definition to exclude gay and lesbian people from compensation is propagating a climate of intolerance, discrimination, and exclusion. Thousands lost people they love, partners they had built lives with, families who they cherished. The issue of including gay and lesbian people into compensation to the partners of gay victims is so important to the many who are learning to live with lost loves. I do hope that compensation is awarded not to the "next of kin" (as this would likely exclude many surviving same-sex partners), but is instead handed over to the state which would then award compensation based upon what was left in wills. I am only 21, I am from a small town in rural Nebraska. I realize the bigotry and discrimination that exists against people who have same-gender orientation. However, I also know that love has no limits, that God has established this sovereignty, and that the only fear of same-sex partnerships is a fear of love and tolerance. Let us not fear love and let us always uphold the justice that love brings. Sincerely, Individual Comment Elmwood, Nebraska September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-29 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 dojA000197.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. 2001-11-29