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 9:34 PM 9/11 I find it outrageous that everyone else seems to be getting benefits as the result of 9/11 including illegal aliens etc except gay people who were in committed relationships. I wish to remind you that if a number of gay people ( . aboard the crash flight in Pennsylvannia) had not taken action you and many in Washington as well as President Bush and most of Congress would be dead and I would not have to be writing this to you. But when it comes to gay and lesbian heroes of the day - who helped bring down the flight in Pennsylvania, NY Fire who died in the line of duty when the first tower fell, and who was that crashed into the Pentagon (there are many more) - we are told the law is the law and no exceptions can be made. This is simply outrageous because these same people would have been married had the bigots like Jesse Helms had not prevented them from doing so. Even fetuses and illegal aliens will be receiving benefits under current plans and you have even promised to overlook federal law and NOT arrest and kick out the families of illegal aliens, nor will they punish American companies that hired illegals in violation of federal labor laws. Why not the commited parties and children (adopted and otherwise) of the deceased not getting the benefits to which they are not only entitled but entitled under the equal rights amendment and the United nations Treaty of Human Rights. I find it outrageous that you wish to discriminate against Gay people who were in a committed relationship. This is Unamerican and the stuff of bigotry. I find it outrageous that the very people who you are discriminating against as I write are not allowed to marry except in the State of Vermont and then you do not wish to recognize such relationships and had they been allowed then they would have the same rights as they should anyway as heterosexual couples.. Even fetuses and illegal aliens are receiving benefits under the present program; you have even promised to overlook federal law and NOT arrest and kick out the families of illegal aliens, nor will they punish American companies that hired illegals in violation of federal labor laws. now if you can overlook the Federal Law shurely then you could grant benefits to the partners of the deceased. Hyphens seem not to matter when YOU the government wants to use our heroism to inspire others, but when it comes time to actually aid the families of those heroes, the hyphens come back with a vengeance, and it seems that some American heroes are now more equal than others. It does not make you look good and certainly reflect badly on the United States. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRANT THEM THE BENEFITS THEY RIGHTFULLY DESERVE AS OTHERS HAVE BEEN GRANTED. Individual Comment 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 dojR001252.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