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 1:54 PM Compensation for Gay Partners of 9/11 Dear Mr. Feinberg: I find it incredible that in a country like ours, a country that was founded on freedom of speech and expression, that my own country would treat gays and lesbians with such blatant disrespect. The fact that you have expressed the idea that gay/lesbian partners of victims of the September 11th tragedy do not deserve compensation on an equal par with straight couples and even illegal aliens is incredible! I am very angry and disheartened. I am a gay man. I have lived with my partner for five years and we intend to stay that way. Our government will not recognize our committment by either a legal partnership or as "married" people, and yet the only way to receive many benefits that are afforded straight couples, including those stemming from 9/11 is to be married. A bit of a "catch-22" would you say? Please rethink your position. We pay taxes. We work. We even give our lives for our country. We should also have the benefits that go along with committed relationships. 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 dojR000133.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