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 19, 2002 8:57 AM 9/11 FUND UNFAIR TO GAYS! To: Kenneth L.Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs U.S. Department of Justice Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20530 Mr. Zwick: In relatively recent interviews, you, the head of the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund, has made it clear that the partners of gay and lesbian heroes of September 11 will not necessarily receive the same benefits as the spouses of heterosexual victims of those horrible attacks on the World Trade Centers. Even fetuses and illegal aliens will be receiving benefits under this program and they have even promised to overlook federal law and NOT arrest and kick out families of illegal aliens, nor will they punish American companies that hired illegals in violation of federal labor laws. But when it comes to gay and lesbian heroes of the day- who helped bring down the flight of Pennsylvania, NY Fire Dept. who died in the line of duty when the first tower fell, and the who was of the plane that crashed into the (and there are many more)- we are told the law is the law and no exceptions can be made. If September 11th has taught us anything Mr.Zwick, it's that our patriotism and love of country transcend our differences and unite us all no matter what race, color,creed, or sexual orientation!!!! We shouldn't be labeled "Italian-American's, African-American's, or Gay-American's...we are just simply all American's, all of us together as one American Family!! Apparently, that family...,the Gay-American one, just got a divorce. The hypens seem not to matter when our government wants to use our heroism to inspire others, but when it comes time to actually aid the families of those heroes, the hyphens come back with a vengeance, and it seems that some Americans heroes are now more equal than others. My point being and what I am saying with the most objective point of view, that I am outraged that gay and lesbian partners of those who died on September 11th are not automatically going to receive the same benefits as heterosexual spouses. They should get the FULL AMOUNT DUE TO THEIR FAMILIES THAT ARE REMAINING!!!! Don't separate the American's who died from this terrible tradgedy into separated groups that you personally,politically or possibly hate due to yours and/or others that work for you, or by any other connection whose own personal sexual insecurities or whatever other possible reasons you are using to keep these gay-american families that are left from this tradgedy from receiving the full financial benefits!!! Don't let their deaths be in vain! If you have one ounce of Honor and Patriotism in your blood....let me be now! The tradgedy of this happening to our country was hard enough without people like you and others trying to cause dissension in Americans due to your our prejudices and dislike of others due to their sexual orientation or preference for the same sex. As Americans let us unite into one as we are stronger if we all unite! As a government...government needs to do the same so we as Americans can heal from this tradgedy...heal from this terrible ordeal in our lives and go forward!! Again please don't let their lives die in vain!!! Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-19 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 dojR002050.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. 2002-03-19