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 18, 2002 4:17 PM Sept. 11th Fund Gay Exclusions To whom it may concern, Shame. How dare the administrators of the Sept. 11th fund decide who was more patriotic on Sept. 11th. Being a gay American and a citizen of Washington DC, I witnessed heroism from people of all races and ethnicities - both heterosexual and homosexual. On Sept. 11th, these people were working hand-in-hand; working to save lives and preserve the freedom we, as Americans, have fought to achieve. Gay Americans, like all others on Sept 11th, gave just as much, worked just as hard to save lives - many gay Americans lost their lives working to save others. And now, gay Americans are being told our patriotism is not worth as much, and ranks less, as straight Americans. If you could speak to today, would you be able to tell him that his efforts are not as worthy as those of the straight passengers on that plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. could be the reason that many of us are still alive today; may be the reason you are alive today. And You, truly believe, that gay Americans cared less and did not give as much on Sept. 11th? Shame on you and the other administrators that exclude gay partners, parents and family members from the Sept. 11th Fund. I implore you to pick up the phone and make a few phone calls. The of the that crashed into the was gay. He had a mother, a father, and a partner. Before you make any further decisions on how the Sept 11th funds are distributed; call his mother and ask her about her son. Ask her if she thinks he was a hero. Then call his partner, and ask him how much he loved him. Then call his father and ask him how proud he was, and is, of his son. Do you believe they think his actions on Sept. 11th are any less worthy that the straight that sat to his left? Shame on you for creating a hierarchy of American patriotism. I am deeply saddened that the American government can so blatantly exclude an entire group of people, a group that was to crucial to the saving of lives, from a fund designed to help people rebuild their lives after such a terrible act of terrorism. Today, for the first time since Sept. 11th, I am ashamed of the American government. Sleep well, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-18 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 dojR002018.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. 2002-03-18