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, November 28, 2001 7:20 PM Gay and Lesbian Partners Dear Sir: At this time of tragedy, it has been inspiring to see the outpouring of generosity and good will from the American people. It is consistent with this spirit that I expect our government to compensate the partners of gay and lesbian victims of 9/11 equally. As we learned from the heroism of , one of the brave citizens that confronted the terrorists on the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania, gay men (and women) support and love this country as much as any other American. In fact, it is despite the lack of equal treatment that gays and lesbians love and support their country. Even and his loved ones have been treated differently. The President did not invite his partner to his address to the nation to sit next to the wives of the other men involved on his flight. Most Americans do not know that one of the leaders in this effort was gay. Please do not add to the injustice by ranking the partners of gay and lesbian victims of 9/11 below those of heterosexual partners. I know that most Americans would support me on this. Americans do believe in equal treatment of gays, lesbians, and transgendered persons. Honor that belief in fairness and freedom. Respectfully yours, Individual Comment West Hollywood, California September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-28 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 dojA000142.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. 2001-11-28