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 21, 2002 3:44 PM Please include gay partners when distributing survivor benefits In the days following September 11, the country was united like never before on the surface. While I was happy, I was also disturbed because I knew that people were just as divided down deep as they ever were. The fact that gay and lesbian families are being left behind by the Department of Justice once again is evidence of that. Even if you do not agree with gay relationships, relationships are only one aspect of life, and the people in gay relationships should be treated the same as people. The fact that so many gay people lost legitimate long term partners, and then has America turn its back on them is wrong. It is no secret that one of the California residents who brought down the aircraft in Pennsylvania was gay. In the process of doing so he may have saved Mr. Ashcroft's life or even Mrs. Bush's. That is why I respectfully request that President Bush, and General Ashcroft, remember everyone who perished, and honor their partnerships, even if they disagree with them personally. Thank you for taking the time to consider my thoughts. Individual Comment Fort Lauderdale, FL September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-21 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 dojR002550.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. 2002-03-21