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. Saturday, March 16, 2002 3:48 PM Compensation for Gay partners of 9/11 Gay victims To Whom It May Concern : I am writing to express my extreme dissappointment in your actions towards gay victims and their partners of 9/11. I am shocked and appalled that you place any less importance on these people's loss than others from that day, including illegal aliens and unborn fetuses. Gays are no less American than anyone else who died that day. &nbsp did not stop to think who he might be helping by keeping Flight 93 from reaching its intended destination of destruction.He just did what was right.Now it is YOUR turn to do what is right. The laws of "life as usual" were changed forever on that fateful day in September. ALL men...and women....all HUMANS are created equal in America...or at least that has been the premise of the freedoms fought for by Americans throughout our history. It is time to break the lines of discrimination against yet another group of Americans who were willing to give their lives in the name of what is right and good......the gay Americans who died on 9/11. &nbsp was the first victim of this outrageous act. A man who risked his life to see that another man's soul would be at peace for eternity. He sought to do what was right, not to ask the man's religious beliefs or gender identity. Again, I ask you to do what is right. Do not seek to lessen these people's sacrifice by demeaning their value . Their partner's and families lost just as much on that day. Do not add to their grief by telling them they are not entitled to be thought of as "equal" to the others who grieve their losses from that tragic day. Once again, I ask you to do what is right. Sincerely, a proud gay American, Individual Comment Cleveland, Ohio September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-16 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 dojR001061.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. 2002-03-16