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 8:36 PM 911 fund benefits According to you have the regulatory authority to treat all persons equally with respect to survivor benefits. You have apparently stated that significant others of Gay and Lesbians will not be eligible for benefits. You apparently are taking this position even if the deceased has a Will leaving everything to their significant other and even if the significant other can establish by clear and convincing evidence that they had a committed open relationship. It would seem to me that you could provide benefits to the estate of the deceased and allow the family or significant others to inherit where applicable. It would also seem to me that you could establish objective criteria for significant others to establish their right to benefit. As a U.S. Citizen and taxpayer I continue to be greatly angered by my country's continued stand against me and my fellow GLBT brothers and sisters. If I am so much less than fetuses and illegal aliens then why does my government continue to demand my participation. You are a leader in this country. You are personally responsible for the pain and suffering that your decisions are causing millions of American citizens. Citizens who are hardworking and loyal to their country. You have the power to do what is right. If you choose not to allow benefits to be received by Gay and Lesbian partners of the victims of 9/11 then you are as EVIL as the ones who flew the airplanes. I know that you understand how the religious fundamentalism of the Muslim Terrorists is exactly the same as the religious fundamentalism of Christians in America who persecute Gay and Lesbians for purely religious idealogical reasons. For you to join in the persecution by failing to provide benefits makes you as EVIL as the terrorists. Individual Comment 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 dojR002151.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