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. Saturday, March 16, 2002 9:01 PM To whom this may concern, I am outraged that gay and lesbian partners of those who died on September 11 will not automatically going to receive the same benefits as heterosexual spouses. This is an absurd, this UN-AMERICAN. Do you think that we are less than other citizens of this country? I pay taxes every year; I dedicate more than 50% of my time, if not more, to help non-profits working with environmental causes to protect our beautiful land for future generations (maybe your kids and grand-children); I donate my time to churches, to the AIDS cause, to women rights, to children causes and you THINK THAT I AM LESS THAN THE OTHER CITIZENS OF MY COUNTY. This is such an UNGODLY act. God created us all on his/her image; we are all his/her children. It just happend that he/she made me, my partner,and others, different than you. We are all different and that is what makes our lives so amazing, chalenging and beautiful. Please, look deep inside your heart and ask yourself if your action is a loving action. Ask yourself if discrimination and hatred are family or Christian values. I do want to say that no matter what you think of me, not as a Gay Man, but as a Man who happens to feel love for another human being of the same sex ... I will never hate you, I will never disrespect you, or put you down. I will always love you, as I love all my brothers and sisters of different gender, color, religion, sex, sex orientation. With all my love and respect. Individual Comment Miami Beach, Florida September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-16 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 dojR001241.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. 2002-03-16