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. Saturday, March 16, 2002 10:54 PM Regarding September 11th victim partner benefits re: September 11 Victim Compensation Fund Discrimination goes against the values that I hold as an American. I am outraged that gay and lesbian partners of those who died on September 11 are not automatically going to receive the same benefits as heterosexual spouses. Is the grief and loss of a gay or lesbian any less than valid than that of a heterosexual person? were all gay citizens who lost their lives on Sept 11th. It is extremely upsetting to me to read that unborn fetuses and illegal aliens will be recognized and receive benefits, yet our government cannot bring itself to recognize gays and lesbians for such a great loss. Can we not break down the boundaries of discrimination in this time of national grief and need? I call upon our government to declare that gay and lesbian partners will receive equal benefits to heterosexual spouses from this fund. Gays and lesbians deserve equal treatment. Respectfully Individual Comment Highland Park, NJ September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-16 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 dojR001272.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. 2002-03-16