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 8:10 AM Fwd: THE LIST: 9/11 Fund Screws Gays right now and for most of these past 2 days i've been so angry i could bite a skunk in the azz!!! ... if you haven't kept up --- the u.s. justice department has summarily denied any federal comensation to the families of the 9/11 gay victims based on whatever the state laws recognizes ... so if the state law recognizes the same-sex relationship the the federal law and 911 fund will grant status and put a check in the mail .. if the state law doesn't then tough titties!!! ... you are SOL!!! deal with it!!! .. however, the fund will grant status to illegal, undocumented workers AND not penalize their employers for having these workers on the payroll .. even tho both state and federal statutes are being violated!!!!!! it's the typical beaucratic circle jerk-catch22 situation --- the feds say they won't over rule state law for fear of law suits .. and most states do not recognize same-sex relationships --- even tho there are some states/cities that grant domestic partner benifits to city/state workers but not to the general population as a whole!!! ... but then federal workers don't have domestic partner benefits!!! ... so we shouldn't be surprised about this turn of events!!! so if the state says no way jose .. the feds chain step to that tune and witholds the funds ... what a crock!!! so the survivors of same-sex households who were victimized by the atrocities of the 911 events are being victimized all over again ---- and that sucks --- like they don't have bills to pay or houses to keep .. or kids that need shoes ... medical needs ... and even worse they probably won't be able to qualify for the tax relief when they file their tax returns!!!! and i bet you that if there wasn't any type of support w/both families of these households .. the surviving spouse probably is having to deal w/the deceased partners family to even keep what assets they acquired together !!! ... tell you this .. i refuse to allow the government to which i pay taxes to relegate gay families to a sub-status because of thier ignorance, prejudice and stupidity ... many a glbt american contributed to this fund under the impression that it would be fairly adminstrated and distributed to the victims and their families ... well there we go assuming that things are fair --- and that all of the victims/families would be recognized ... if this was a government of the people .. by the people .. and for the people .. we really wouldn't even be having this discussion ... the way i see it .. if you are recognized by the government enough for them to tax you out the wazzooo then all rights and benefits belong to you --- period --- no status determination required!!! .. when they can separate tax contributions into those made by gays and those by straights and distribute them accordingly then the ruling can stand as stated ... but they can't ... so they need to come correct and cover every family affected --- no questions asked ... actually this is what they need to do in this country as a whole --- and get off this well the bible doesn't recognize you bs!!! .. not all american's believe/follow the bible .. and even those who put themselves forward as christians don't follow it 100%.... and grant 100% 1st class citizenship rights to each and every american --- gay/str8/black/white/pokadotted/bigoted!!! .. anyway ... i'm thru ... my moral/mental/social/emotional outrage still burns ... this can't go unprotested/contested!!! ... make the calls .. write the letters/emails ... 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 dojR000044.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