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 8:44 AM 911 Fund: Attention Mr. Kenneth Feinberg Dear Mr. Feinberg: I am appalled to learn that the victims relief program you administer includes everyone under its purview except gay and lesbian American citizens. How dare you discriminate in such a blatantly hateful way. Even if had not been among those who save the US Capital from another air assault, even if he were simply sitting on that plane as a frightened passenger, he and any family he left behind deserve to be compensated in exactly the same fashion as illegal aliens and heterosexual American citizens. I know of at least one gay man and his son who died on those planes; I believe he left a loving partner behind. Why is he any different than someone who came to this country illegally to make a better life for him or herself and their family? Your decision and your comments on Meet the Press have made a mockery of fairness and respect; you should be ashamed of yourself. There is absolutely no reason that each and every person and each and every FAMILY of a victim of 911 should not be compensated equally and fairly. If you think your blatantly hateful prejudice has gone unnoticed, think again. If you condemn those killers who stole the lives of so many Americans as acting out of hate, how, then, do you distinguish your behavior toward innocent American citizens? I believe your choice to exclude gay Americans to have been motivated by hatred . . . just as the terrorists' behavior was. I hope you cannot live comfortably with your decision. I urge you to change the current policy to reflect true compassion and respect for all Americans. Sincerely, Individual Comment Blowing Rock, NC 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 dojR000580.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