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. Wednesday, March 13, 2002 5:17 AM Benefits for gay partners To the Benefit Administrator, I was outraged to find out that partners of gay victims of the Sept.11 attacks are not included in the aid you are distributing. I work as a federal employee, in the US Postal Service, and myself was at risk for anthrax infection. I stayed on the job, as did my fellow gay employees (most who are afraid to be known as gay, because of policies such as these). We face prejudice on a daily basis--we can't legally claim our partners for health insurance purposes, we don't receive the same tax advantages as married heterosexual couples (even though in my instance, I've been with my partner for longer than most straight people I know), we can't utilize the Family Medical and Leave Act, we can't even have our chosen relationships recognized as valid by our employers or society as a whole. Yet our tax dollars are used, as is our heroism. As are our donations to charities, when there is a time of crisis and need. We are the last group of people in this country where it's "okay" to discriminate. Is your fund going to go along with that? And if so, how can you feel in your hearts like honest, good helpers? At times, reality and science must take precedence over religious beliefs, which even though may be held by a temporary majority, often later on prove to be cruel and misguided. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-13 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 dojR000559.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. 2002-03-13