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. Tuesday, December 04, 2001 3:10 PM coverage It has been brought to my attention that in deciding on the regulations for the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund, there have been recommendations that partners and non-biological children of gay or lesbian victims of the September 11 attacks be excluded from benefits. I find such a recommendation to be particularly contemptible. Survivors of the 911 attacks have no less need for compensation nor condolences than do other survivors solely on the basis of the sexual orientation of the victim or of the survivor. If America is truly to be brought together by the 911 attacks and by America's response to them, then the response needs to be even handed. To exclude survivors on the basis of sexual orientation would be to pursue the narrow social politics of those who would divide us. To be even handed is to help bring us together. I urge that ALL surviving committed partners and children of all victims of the 911 attacks be eligible for compensation under the Fund. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-04 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 dojA000309.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. 2001-12-04