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. Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:32 PM Gay and Lesbian Partners of 9/11 Victims and Heroes I was shocked to learn that partners of gay and lesbian victims of the 9/11 attacks will not be compensated for their losses, unlike the families of heterosexual victims. Do you understand that many of the people who died were gay and lesbian, and that many of them died valiantly while trying to stop the attackers, or giving aid to other victims? It is entirely unfair that people who were in committed, long-term relationships and have already suffered great loss, should be subjected to further suffering by being denied equitable compensation because their relationships are not recognized by the federal government. If we are in fact a government "of the people, by the people and for the people", you must rescind this policy. As the constitution states, we in the United States have come together ". . . to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity . . . " By excluding a select group of your fellow Americans, you exclude us all. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-20 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 dojR002362.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. 2002-03-20