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 11, 2002 4:00 PM Benefits for Gay and Lesbian Victims of 9/11 I am appalled by the stance that the government has taken regarding giving benefits to Gay and Lesbian Americans who lost their life partner in the tragic events of 9/11. Apparently it would be too time consuming to clearly outline who should receive death benefits of those killed in the 9/11 attacks, so you are defaulting to individual state laws to decide it... unfortunately, most state laws do not recognize domestic partners and/or same-sex marriages. Which basically means partners of Gays and lesbians killed at the WTC or Pennsylvania or the Pentagon are pretty much out of luck. Hiding behind the guise of following state law is despicable. Especially since you are bending the rules for victims who are not even legal citizens of the United States. If this is the way the government is going to proceed, then you should have the courage to visit each and every partner of a gay and lesbian victim of 9/11 and personally explain to them why their relationship does not "qualify" as a legitimate one; explain to them why their grief is less than those of heterosexuals; and why, in the so-called Land of the Free, where we are supposedly fighting for everyone's individual freedom on a daily basis in foreign lands, you can systematically limit our fellow citizen's freedom to choose who he/she can and cannot love. I am always proud to be an American, but I am increasingly embarrassed by the actions of my government regarding the Gay and Lesbian population. Especially since they are a community of very active voters. If for no other reason than your re-election concerns, you should do something to correct this injustice. Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-11 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 dojR000231.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. 2002-03-11