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, March 21, 2002 12:58 PM Unconstitutional Discrimination Dear Kenneth L. Zwick - Director, I am writing to express my deep disappointment in the government's decision to exclude certain American citizens from compensation and support following the attacks on our country. The 9/11 Fund, created by Congress, would do more to honor our lost countrymen and their families if the Fund were to include all Americans in its mission. I understand that our society's bigotry toward gay-Americans is rooted in deeply held religious beliefs. Religious beliefs which teach that homosexuality is somehow immoral in the eyes of God. However, our Constitution explicity states that government policy should not be determined by or contingent upon the establishment of a state religion. There is to be a separation of church and state. Christian Americans have every right to believe what they will about homosexuality and homosexual-Americans. They do not, however, have the right to steer government policy based on those beliefs. Especially not when time and time again, policy has been steered toward discrimination and hatred. I would remind you, Sir, that Christian beliefs and Scriptures were once used to defend the institution of slavery. Christians once pointed out passages from Scripture which were believed to mean that blacks were somehow divinely mandated to be slaves. Much as modern Christians point out passages that are believed to mean that homosexuality is immoral. I am quite sure you will agree with me that slavery was a deplorable institution. I find myself questioning just what it is that we, as a nation, are fighting against in this war on terrorism. Religious extremists have recently imprisoned homosexuals in Egypt, beheaded homosexuals in Saudi Arabia, and shamefully, excluded homosexuals in America from a fund created by the government, for the people. All of the people. Regrettably, Individual Comment San Francisco, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-21 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 dojR002524.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. 2002-03-21