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 2:36 PM September 11 Victims' Compensation Fund I have e-mailed the following to the President, John Ashcroft, Edward Kennedy and John McCain. The attached was forwarded to me by two gay men who are a much-loved and great source of pride in my life. When I first read it, I was simply left speechless. Until I received this, I had not known anything about this despicable prejudice. It is a cruel and un-American way of dealing with this fund. What makes anyone think that just because a person is gay or lesbian, they don't have the same feelings and emotions as anyone else. This is saying that they are non-persons just because of their sexual preference. When will it stop? First it was the American Indian, then Jews, the Irish and blacks and anyone that someone else in power deems to be a lesser human being then himself. What is even more maddening about this situation is the fact that illegal aliens who aren't American citizens and who are in the U.S. in violation of federal law, will receive benefits. What is wrong with this picture? Using the individual states' laws is simply an excuse not to deal with the situation. Why should state laws prevail when federal law covers illegal aliens? There is no rhyme or reason to any of this. I am so proud of John McCain and his eulogy of &nbsp . Mr. McCain knows right from wrong and is man enough to stand up and say so. I want him to know that I voted for him in the last election even though he wasn't on the ballot! I implore all of you who are in power over this September 11 Victim's Compensation fund to rethink your views and do the right thing. If you don't, then the terrorists have just earned another feather in their caps by tearing our society apart. Individual Comment 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 dojR001655.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