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. Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:37 PM stop the cycle of hatred Submitted by: Gay people are just like straight people in a variety of ways: we love, laugh, cry, have relationships, and build family structures. To deny these kinds of families benefits when there are more than enough resources to provide for everybody attacks is not only irresponsible, but also cruel and completely lacking in compassion. I wish that people in our country, gay and straight, were more prone to compassion and humility and less to anger and censure. Supposing homosexuality were in fact a SIN (which of course, I don't personally think it is....) Well, the way I see it, if LOVE THY NEIGHBOR is the ultimate and most important commandment, then to HATE the sinner rather show compassion for him or her is a worse sin, and to be full of hate is to distance oneself from the divine. Why fill ourselves with more hatred when we have the opportunity to show our love for each other in our American family? Here's another metaphor: after an accident or attack of any kind, an individual person needs time and support to recover and heal. The same goes for countries after an attack of this magnitude. America needs to heal and make peace, and denying gays benefits in a time like this only inflicts further wounds. Individual Comment San Francisco, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-28 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 dojR002809.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. 2002-03-28