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. Wednesday, March 27, 2002 5:19 PM discrimination against gays and lesbians I am responding the the news that money collected for the victims of September 11th will be distributed differently to survivors of gay and lesbian victims than to other victims. I have read the reasoning of Kenneth Feinberg that because state law does not recognize gay and lesbian partnerships, they in turn cannot distribute support. At one time in this country slavery was legal and no one went against that law: a law that we now consider barbaric and inhuman. This exclusion of gays and lesbians; this segregation of humanity is hurting America. It justifies violence against not only those who are out, but those who are even perceived as gay/lesbian. The excuse that he has proposed is bigoted and shows no concern for the wellbeing of ALL Americans who suffered because of those attacks. I am outraged that in this year 2002 I still feel as if I need to prove that I am a human being, entitled to what is written in the constitution as an American. Searching for reasons to exclude people from the 911 fund means that we are on our way to becoming our own facist state where people who are good citizens but who don't comply with the "Moral Majority" are penalized. Take a courageous step and consider all partnerships of the people who died with dignity and respect, honoring diversity and love. Thank you for your consideration, Individual Comment New York, NY September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-27 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 dojR002770.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. 2002-03-27