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 18, 2002 7:21 PM Be Fair to All Families I have recently learned that the Victims Compensation Fund will recognize families of all types, as long as those families are recognized under state law. I happen to be fortunate enough to live in California, where legislation now recognizes gay and lesbian "domestic partnerships." Although this law does not create the same legal status that is enjoyed by all married heterosexual couples, it does create rights with respect to actions for wrongful death suits and presumably would allow the families of gay and lesbian victims who were residing in California to collect money from the funds. Those victims who happen to live in states with less tolerant lawmakers deserve the same respect. Like their married heterosexual counterparts, they were living in committed, loving relationships and suffered a great loss in the tragic events of 9/11. Don't punish families from those states with less tolerant lawmakers by not recognizing their legitimate family relationships. Individual Comment Los Angeles, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-18 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 dojR001772.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. 2002-03-18