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, March 20, 2002 9:50 PM Discriminiation is Un-American Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs Civil Division U.S.Department of Justice Mr. Zwick: As countless Americans continue to recover from the impact of September 11, I join in protesting the fact that gay and lesbian partners of those who died are not automatically going to receive the same benefits as heterosexual spouses. As a gay man, I find it unacceptable that gay-Americans are not entitled to the same treatment under the Victim Compensation Fund as any others who lost their lives that day. Gay and Lesbian heroes of that day, both known and unknown, leave behind life partners who have the same emotional and financial needs as other Americans. I urge that changes be made to assure equity for all Americans who died that morning. It is said often that life will never be the same. That is so, and let us not perpetuate discrimination that was irrational before September 11th and remains irrational today. Thank you, Individual Comment Branchville, NJ September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-20 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 dojR002439.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. 2002-03-20