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. Monday, March 11, 2002 11:00 AM request It is absolutley imperative that you comensate the gay and lesbian relatives, domestic partners, spouses, (etc) of victims of 9/11. To do otherwise is to contravene American law and tradition, and is a rejection of our basic understanding of human rights. I am not gay, but we must treat all human persons as dignified and unique and worthy of our compassion and understanding. We are all children of the One God; His convenant with us requires equality in all relationships, whether or not we agree with one another. The reliance upon state law as a precedent for the compensation, or lack of compensation, of these American citizens demonstrates the vacuousness of those making decisions regarding compensation. Now is the time for us as a country to progress toward the ideals we espouse. It is not a time to cower behind the facade of antecedent discriminatory practice. Please make this nation as proud as it ought to be. Tell Kenneth Feinberg and Attorny General Ashcroft that their proposed policy of compensation for gays and lesbians is wrong. As the heroes of 9/11 have demonstrated, doing what is right, for its own sake, is the greatest individual reward and social benefit to which we can aspire. Emulate them, and rewward the memory of ALL who have sacrifieced and been victims of the tragedy. Thank you in advance. Individual Comment Brookline, MA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-11 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 dojR000158.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. 2002-03-11