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, March 21, 2002 12:21 PM September 11 Victim Compensation Fund Dear Sirs: As a proud American, I am writing to you with disgust regarding the allocation of funds distributed to those families who lost members on September 11, 2001. I am in disgust because the gay and lesbian families who have lost their family members, partners and significant others are not getting any aid. These are people like myself who work hard, pay taxes and struggle for equal rights even though we should not have to. As a member of the American society, all Americans should have the same rights, especially at a time when so much has been lost. I am appalled that illegal aliens and their families are receiving compensation through the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, while Americans, who just because they are gay/lesbian, are being left in the cold without any help from our nation. They are being forced to feel as if the terrorists who did this to them have more rights. As you are aware, two of the terrorists on the six month anniversary of this tragic and most horrific event were granted access into the United States. Since when did illegal aliens gain more rights than Americans, anyway? This is NOT FAIR and NOT AMERICAN! Many of the heroes of September 11th are gay and lesbian. For instance, &nbsp and so many more lost their lives on this horrific day. Should they not have offered their time and services to this nation because they are gay/lesbian? At a time when all Americans came together and supported each other, felt the others pain, volunteered their time and services, donated blood, goods and money and fought as one people, why, do tell, are gays and lesbians being overlooked by this fund? Putting all other laws against gays and lesbians aside, America should not be discriminating them at such a time of loss and pain. As a professional career woman who is American and very proud in being a Lesbian, I urge you to reverse this horrible and discriminating action! We are American. And as Americans we should support all Americans for the simple fact that they are American. We should not pick and choose who suffered more just because of their sexual orientation. I beg you to take action and provide for your countrymen and women. Sincerely, Individual Comment Old Bridge, NJ September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-21 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 dojR002541.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. 2002-03-21