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. Friday, March 15, 2002 10:56 AM comment, please respond Mr. Kenneth R. Feinberg Special Master Victim's Compensation Fund VIA EMAIL Dear Mr. Feinberg: First, I want to thank you for your televised comments on "Meet the Press," regarding the 9/11 compensation fund's final rule about the federal, state and local government's blatant discrimination towards homosexuals and their children. I understand that, as a result, the fund will include non-tax-paying illegal aliens, and ignore tax-paying, law abiding homosexual citizens and their families. I am writing to tell you that I am not shocked and dismayed at your finding. I understand that you can bend the law about illegal aliens, but not homosexuals. This is not surprising. It has been obvious to me for many years that the US government discriminates against homosexuals. The city, state and federal laws do not protect homosexuals, and you are simply abiding by those laws. Maybe this will be the wakeup call that the millions of gay, lesbian, bi, trans tax-payers and their tax-paying friends, families and supporters need. Because of your public comments and ruling, you have enraged a nation of voting citizens. The youth of our nation have already figured out that queer doesn't equal invisible, by a wide margin. In fact, 75% of college students surveyed recently, believe that homosexuals should be allowed to legally marry. If the older generation won't take action and fix this injustice, I'm sure the younger, wiser generation will. But, how long will we have to wait? Until homosexuals are treated fairly and equally in this country, along with their hard-earned tax dollars, would you suggest defection into "illegal alien" status, so that they are immune from taxes they do not benefit from? Or, would you recommend that all gay men legally marry lesbians, which would provide for inclusion in all tax laws, benefit plans and government compensation? This would also allow for their legal adoption of homeless orphans in the country and around the world, as in most states, same-sex couples, regardless of their financial situation and length and commitment of relationships are currently forbidden to adopt in most states. Food for thought. Any suggestions? Most importantly, I understand that you are just following state and local laws, and again, thank you for your honest and thought-provoking comments. Sincerely, Individual Comment St. Louis, Mo P.S. Who do I contact to request a refund of my charitable contributions to this discriminatory fund, and the percentage of the taxes I have paid that will go to non-tax-paying ILLEGAL aliens? September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-15 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 dojR000822.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. 2002-03-15