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. Sunday, March 17, 2002 1:19 PM Compensation for Gay Victims of 9/11 Mr. Zwick: I've detested the "United We Stand" slogans that appeared like mushrooms after 9/11. Why? Because as a marginalized gay citizen of the United States, the "United" means everyone except me or people like me. The recent news coming from the Victims Compensation Fund proposing to exclude gay partners from compensation solidifies my repugnance for the superficial brand of nationalism that now permeates our country. Excluding gay partners from compensation is just another instance of the deep-seated bigotry that runs rampant here. Why should I pay taxes? Why should I fight for this country? Why should I support a President not from my own party when, at least according to press accounts discussing the compensation fund's anti-gay policy, I'm not valued even as much as an unborn fetus? Why? Because even when marginalized, demonized and hated by so many of my countrymen, I still believe in the basic principles upon which our country was built and try to live by them every day. Do the right thing for America, Mr. Zwick, and show the world just how wrong the Taliban and al Qaeda's beliefs about the U.S. are. Show them that Americans are a compassionate people. Don't exacerbate the pain, hurt and unrelenting loss felt by gay partners of those who died on 9/11 by denying them the just compensation ALL the victims deserve. Regards, Individual Comment San Francisco, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-17 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 dojR001422.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. 2002-03-17