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. Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:36 PM September 11th Compensation for Homosexuals To Whom It May Concern; I recently receive the following information in an email from a friend of mine: It has come to my attention that in the next several weeks, the department of justice will be deciding whether or not to include affected gay and lesbian families in the distribution of money from the September 11th terrorist attack. There are numerous gay and lesbian families who have lost loved ones, but because there relationships were not officially acknowledged, they are disqualified for any compensation that heterosexual families are slated to receive. Further, because of this disqualification, several of these families are going to become homeless following the loss of their loved ones. This is a travesty; in this world, where we see and feel the prevalence of hate every day, now more than ever is not the time to discriminate or dispense petty moral judgements. What can you do? Tell the U.S. Dept. of Justice that you want ALL families included in the survivor fund, including gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders. the DOJ is soliciting input RIGHT now as to what the protected categories should be - they make their decision in a matter of days, so please write - it will only take two minutes of your time, and it could mean the entire world to a gay or lesbian family struggling with the loss of a loved one in this tragedy. I don't know much about this issue; I just finished up my final exams (I am a sophomore at Washington University in St. Louis) and I haven't had much time to keep up on current events, but to discriminate against homosexuals (or any other group, for that matter) at a time like this is a crime. Everyone has suffered greatly as a result of this tragedy, and everyone should be supported in every way possible. Now is not the time to alienate people because they are different. ALL families, regardless of sexual preference, must be included in the survivor fund. Thank you for your time. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-13 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 dojA001659.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. 2001-12-13