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. Tuesday, March 19, 2002 7:10 PM Justice for ALL 9/11 victims / survivors To whom it may concern: Thank you for your work in the Victim Compensation Fund for those killed in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. I would urge you to include in consideration survivor benefits declared and recorded domestic partners of the person killed, whether of opposite or same sex. I would ask that this be done at national level, same as for heterosexual married couples, and not (as I understand is the proposed policy) on a state-by-state basis dependent upon current legislation regarding survivor benefits in each state. If it be objected that laws must be honored, I must strenuously protest the double standard used in allowing families and spouses of illegal aliens to receive benefits, but not those of law-abiding U.S. citizens and legal aliens killed who were gay / lesbian. Indeed, if obedience to law be given as the reason for excluding gay / lesbian victims' survivors from benefits, then why is the law ignored in not arresting and prosecuting the illegal aliens victims survivors who themselves are in the USA illegally? Let me be clear: I do think the death of the illegal aliens is tragic, and in this instance, the law should be waived, and their survivors should be compensated. Likewise, the death of gay / lesbian persons killed on 9/11 is tragic, and THEIR partner survivors should be compensated, too, or at the very least, be invited to make application for such compensation. The current policy, as recently enunciated by Mr. Feinberg, I consider wholly unjust to gay and lesbian victims and their survivors, and very bad public policy. I hope that policy will be reconsidered, and the spirit of equality, fairness, and compassion that has been our nation's hallmark will prevail. The honorable memory of gay heroes of 9/11, such as &nbsp &nbsp , flight 93 hero &nbsp , and &nbsp , who as &nbsp was murdered aboard the plane that crashed into the &nbsp , demands that other gay and lesbian persons killed on 9/11 be honored with justice: and that means providing their grieving partners the very same compensation as those of "straight" partners. Thank you for your consideration, and I will be attentive to news reports, etc. holding the hope that the present shameful and biased policy excluding gay / lesbian partners, and opposite sex domestic partner survivors, will be amended, and real justice prevail. Sincerely yours: Individual Comment Morton, IL September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-19 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 dojR002251.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. 2002-03-19