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. Sunday, March 17, 2002 8:45 PM September 11 Victim Compensation Fund FOR THE MEMORY OF: And so many more... I am writing to express my outrage and to protest the blatant discrimination against gay Americans which appears to be fundamental to the implementation of the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund. In an appearance on the Sunday, March 10 broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press," Kenneth Feinberg, the head of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (a fund created by Congress and run by the Department of Justice), said that gay partners of the heroes of September 11th will not necessarily be eligible for the same compensation as heterosexual family members who lost their loved ones. At the same time, in reading the details of the fund, I find that even illegal aliens will be receiving benefits under this fund. but "not necessarily" gay-Americans? Apparently, there's even a promise to overlook federal law and NOT arrest and kick out the families of illegal aliens, nor will American companies be punished for hiring illegals in violation of federal labor laws. At the same time, the law is being cited as the justification for discriminating against the loving partners and loved ones of the gay Americans and gay American heroes who died in the tragedy. How hypocritical and unjust! This is hardly the America I spent 20 years of my life defending as a proud member of the United States Navy. I call upon the administrators of the fund to implement in a way that is fair to all of the victims, not just some of them. I applaud the decision to waive law in the case of illegal aliens, but we should also waive the discriminatory laws that would prevent Americans, albeit gay Americans, from receiving the same benefits. Regards, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-17 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 dojR001550.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. 2002-03-17