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 6:55 PM Re: 911 Fund Exclusion of Gays and Lesbians To Whom it May Concern: Re: DOJ's exclusion of lesbians and gays from 911 Fund What a sad day it is in America when labels are used to deny our fellow Americans compensation for the death by terrorism of their loved one. Innumerable 'gay' men and women have died for America; have died so that others may be free, gay or straigt- that we Americans would be free. The partners of gays and lesbians who died in the 911 terrorist attacks experience the pain and loss of a loved one the same if not more than, 'straight' Americans whose spouses or family members died. I cannot believe that I am 50 years old and that it is the year 2002 in the United States of America and that the Dept of Justice of our federal government, a government that taxes all Americans equally, would exclude recipients who have contributed money and more to this country; who have obeyed the civil and criminal laws of this country; who have been model citizens but for the sex of the person that they chose to love, cannot share in the largess of the 911 fund. I beg the DOJ to reconsider its discriminatory position, for we are, one and all, Americans and should treat each other as such. Thank you for the opportunity to convey my comments to you on the equitable distribution of the 911 by way of e-mail. Sincerely, Individual Comment Levittown PA P.S. Imagine, what if gays in fact have contribted 50% of the 911 out of mercy and compassion? Without thinking, hmm, will it go to a straight or a gay person? No. But rather, it will go to an American who is suffering enormous pain and loss. 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 dojR001759.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