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, December 12, 2001 5:50 PM Victim Compensation Attachment 1: December 10, 2001 Mr. Kenneth L. Zwick Director, Office of Management Programs Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530 Dear Mr. Zwick: I am Chairman of the , an organization that represents the interests of 43,000 churches nationwide. I am writing to express our concern about how funds will be disbursed through the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. There has been much discussion about providing victim funds to "domestic partners," the unmarried partners of either homosexuals or heterosexuals. The effort to provide funds to non-related sexual partners of those killed in the 9-11 attack is a homosexual-inspired plan to redefine and to undermine traditional marriage as an important cultural institution. Homosexual activist Michelangelo Signorile, writing in Out magazine clearly states the goal of homosexuals to destroy traditional marriage. He says that homosexuals should fight for same-sex marriage and once granted, "redefine the institution of marriage completely. . . . to debunk a myth and radically alter an archaic institution. . . . The most subversive action lesbians and gays can undertake-and one that would perhaps benefit all of society-is to transform the notion of family entirely." To provide victim compensation funds for "domestic partners" of homosexuals or heterosexual unmarried couples is to help accomplish the homosexual goal of redefining and radically altering the notion of family altogether. Such policies will also pave the way for the legalization of homosexual marriages. The traditional family should not be undermined in this way. As social researcher has stated, "There never was a society throughout all history ... without a family as the central unit for launching the education of children, for character formation, and as the moral agent of society." The "family" Etzioni is referring to is comprised of a husband, wife, and children who are related by blood or adoption. Social scientists understand that children need both a father and a mother in order to develop properly. This traditional family is the building block of our culture and civilization and it should not be redefined or undermined by creating such fake "family" units as "domestic partners" or "civil unions" where two same- or opposite-sex unmarried couples share sex. Using the definition of "family" favored by homosexuals, any grouping of two or more individuals could be called a "family" and be entitled to federal victim funds. A number of homosexual and heterosexual swingers are involved in "polyamory" or sex with multiple sex partners. Surely, these groupings of sex partners should not be entitled to 9-11 victim compensation funds, yet if funds are given to "domestic partners," these groupings could legitimately demand federal dollars as well. We are opposed to providing victim compensation to non-family members or to the estates of the deceased individuals. Family members should receive these funds, not the unmarried or casual sexual partners of those who may have died in the 9-11 terrorist attack. There is considerable danger in providing funds to a deceased persons estate. How do we know where this money will go? Will the federal government investigate each persons estate and his will for the disbursement of funds from the estate? Will the money go to fund homosexual activism, the KKK, a terrorist group, or the North American Man-Boy Love Association? No one can know for certain unless each last will and testament is scrutinized by a federal agent. Victim funds should not be simply deposited into a persons estate. The money should go to the widowers, widows, and orphans created by 9-11, not to political causes. Unfortunately, it appears that homosexual activists are more concerned about exploiting the 9-11 tragedy for their narrow political objectives than they are in seeing that victim funds help the widows, widowers, and orphans of 9-11. Let me say it once again: Victim funds should only go to family members related by blood or legal adoption to 9-11 victims, not to unrelated, unmarried acquaintances, estates, or to political causes favored by homosexual activists. Sincerely, Individual Comment Washington, DC September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-12 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 dojA001523.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. 2001-12-12