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. HEROIC GAY AMERICANS AND THER SEPTEMBER 11 VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND Saturday, March 16, 2002 To: Kenneth L Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Main Building, Room 3140 950 pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20530 Kenneth L. Zwick: 1. In recent interviews, the head of September 11 Victim Compensation Fund, has made it quite clear that the partners of gay and lesbian heroes of September 11 will not necessarily receive the same benefits as the spouses of heterosexual victims of the horrible terror attacks. 2. Even fetuses and illegal aliens will be receiving benefits. They have even promised to overlook federal law and NOT arrest nor kick out the families of illegal aliens. They will they punish American companies that hired illegal in violation of federal labor laws. 3. However, gay and Lesbian heroes of the day, who helped bring down down the flight in Pennsylvania, who died in the line of duty when the first tower fell, and who was of the plane that crashed into and many others have been told the law is the law and no exceptions can be made. 4. As a proud American Citizen, and a Gay-American, I am outraged and disgusted with the actions of the Victim Compensation Fund! We pay our taxes, own homes, and are part of the American Dream. The days of backwards thinking bureaucracy is over and now is our time time to speak out of the injustices. 5. Has September 11 taught us anything? Our patriotism and love of country transcend our differences and should unite us all. We were told that September 11 was the day that "hyphenated Americans" were no more, and rather than being Italian-Americans, African Americans, or Gay-Americans, we were now simply Americans, all of us together as one American family. Apparently, that family has been divorced. 6. The hyphens do not seem to matter when our government wants to use our heroism to inspire others, but when it comes time to actually aid families of those heroes, the hyphens comeback with a vengeance, and it seems that some American heroes are now more equal than others. 7. Discrimination in any form is un-American and illegal. 8. I am outraged that gay and lesbian partners of those who died on September 11 are not automatically receiving the same benefits as heterosexual spouses. It's unjust and unfair to all Americans when Discrimination is practiced. 9. Don't let their deaths of , , and all the others be in vain. We need to show the world that we are not afraid and that we honor all American Citizens and their families for all we do to keep this country strong. 10. Thank you for your time. Very Respectfully Individual Comment Alton, Illinois 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 dojR002712.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