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. Saturday, March 16, 2002 3:45 PM Be a good American role Model - don't discriminate Im writing to encourage fairness in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Discrimination is un-American. It didnt used to be and then, after September 11, our government told us, loudly and clearly, that discrimination actually was un-American. I have always believed that. However, in recent interviews, the head of the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund stated the partners of gay and lesbian heroes of September 11 will not necessarily receive the same benefits as the spouses of heterosexual. That is discrimination and that it is un-American. I am saddened and outraged that gay and lesbian partners of those who died on September 11 are not automatically going to receive the same benefits as heterosexual spouses. Please be fair. A Human being is a human being. The human families of those human beings who died in the tragedy deserved to be treated equally. If the fund will be used to compensate fetuses, illegal aliens, and heterosexuals then it must also be used to compensate homosexuals and other unmarried partners in exactly the same way. Please be good American role models and do not discriminate. Compensate all of the humans affected by the tragedy equally. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-16 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 dojR001057.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. 2002-03-16