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 1:34 PM partners of the slain To Whom It May Concern: I recently learned that there is a possibility that the lesbian and gay partners of people who we lost on September 11th will not be receiving the same compensation as heterosexual partners. I truly hope that this is misinformation, but felt compelled to voice my opposition to this. Whatever you think about homosexuality, these people have lost important people in their lives. Whether the law recognized them as married or not, they were just as much a part of their lives as the husbands, wives, children of the other victims of the tragedy. This is not an issue of "special rights" or any other nonsense that the anti-gay forces seem to assert. This is about a loss. And, while money can never compensate anyone for their lost memories and future dreams, why add to their grief with blatant homophobia? The gay and lesbian victims are just as dead as the heterosexual ones. And their families feel the loss just like anyone. We've all heard the stories coming from the tragedy, including those of and . These were real people, not gay rights activists. I truly hope that the news stories are incorrect, but fear that they might be. For what it's worth, I hope that my voice is heard and that you reconsider the decision to treat these human beings as second class citizens (or re-affirm your commitment to ensuring that the families of these victims are treated equally). Thank you, Individual Comment Philadelphia, PA 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 dojR000915.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