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. Sunday, March 17, 2002 11:00 AM Where is the fairness? I was dismayed and outraged to hear that Kenneth Feinberg, the special master in charge of the federal victims' compensation fund, has decided to let bigotry and discrimination be his watchwords when it comes to recognizing the families and partners of gay and lesbian victims of 9-11. As its name indicates, the federal victims' compensation fund is federal money, not state money. ALL people should be treated fairly, equally, under the blanket of federal jurisdiction regardless of which state they happen to call home. The Bush administration has been getting a lot of mileage out of the rallying mantra of a United America, expecting support from all yet refusing to give fair treatment to all. There were gay and lesbian victims and heroes on 9-11--there was no discrimination based on sexual orientation in those terrorist acts. There continue to be gay and lesbian people working at ground zero and risking their lives in this war on terrorism. Their loved ones deserve the same honor and recognition as all other beloved survivors. Anything less is a shameful example of the hypocrisy of Feinberg's position--he will compensate illegal aliens but not gay American citizens. He will compensate fetuses but not the children of gay families torn apart by 9-11. It is outrageous! I sincerely hope that the administration will rethink this stand and recognize that, as the federal government, they must stand up for all of us, not pick and choose or leave it up to current state statutes. Individual Comment Vermont September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-17 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 dojR001384.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. 2002-03-17