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 13, 2002 2:55 AM Compensation for Gay Partners Surely there must be a way to document the legitimacy of a gay partner's claim for compensation for the loss of his or her loved one. This event was too horrific to compound the tragedy by excluding anyone who shared the life of and lives with the loss of their own personal hero. If illegal aliens can legally claim compensation, then legal residents who were the partners of victims must also be able to qualify for compensation, perhaps along the lines of common law married couples. I urge you to do whatever you can to make it possible, regardless of state laws, to compensate gay partners who have been personally affected by this national tragedy and include them in the national program set up to help families of victims. Family is what is important, whether it be by blood, adoption, marriage, or committed love. My brother shared his life for 20 years with another man, and I consider that man my brother-in-law whether the State of Arkansas, with all of its common-law marriages, agrees or not. Had they adopted a child, would that child be eligible while his father is not? A nation that "legally" grants a terrorist a student visa a month before he murders thousands of Americans and mails it out 6 months after he commits his murderous act needn't try to appear "virtuous" and politically correct when attempting to compensate that terrorist's victims. Do the right thing. Individual Comment Los Angeles, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-13 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 dojR000453.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. 2002-03-13