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 18, 2002 12:06 PM Partners of Gay & Lesbian Victims and Heros of September 11th It is with extreme dismay that I have learned that our United States has chosen, once again, to disenfranchise it's Gay and Lesbian citizens, citing that "the law is the law and no exceptions can be made", and yet violating the law to make exceptions where Illegal Aliens are concerned. This is an unconscionable action that ignores the heroism of American citizens, such as who helped bring down the flight in Pennsylvania, NY Fire Dept. who died in the line of duty when the first tower fell, and who was of the plane that crashed into the , and many others, who just happened to be Gay. When will America recognize that being Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgendered does not deprive a citizen of the same dignity and respect that is due to all Americans. Our homophile families, even though they are formed around the partnership of two of the same gender, suffer from the loss of a member, just as profoundly as heterosexual families. When we lose a life partner, the grief, the financial loss, the difficulties are just as great. Our children also suffer as deeply and profoundly from the loss of one of their parents as do the children of heterosexual families. These sufferings are indeed made greater when our own country refuses to recognize our loss, and marginalizes and frivolizes our relationships and our families. Change this policy. Recognize the needs of Gay and Lesbian people who have suffered loss in the face of September eleventh. Don't let this hypocrisy of ignoring the law for illegal aliens while using the law as an excuse to disenfranchise Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered people continue to blight the unity that has brought America together after the horrific events of September eleventh. ###################################### Individual Comment Columbus, OH ###################################### September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-18 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 dojR001879.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. 2002-03-18