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 Victim benefits to gay Americans Mr. Fienberg, I am horrified by how poorly the gay survivors of loved ones killed in the terrorist attacks of 9/11 are being treated. I am disgusted that our government could respond to their plight in such a callous and cruel manner, and that those responsible for administering the millions and millions of dollars of aid -- designed to protect these victims from such additional tragedies as the loss of their homes, etc. -- could be willing to disenfranchise American citizens based on their own personal bigotry. You undermine our ability to declare the U.S. any kind of world-wide moral authority or beacon of individual freedom and civil liberties when you continue to treat gay Americans as second-class citizens and less worthy of your concern or support than heterosexual Americans. Whatever your personal feelings around the issue of homosexuality, there are hundreds of gay people who were profoundly and tragically impacted by the events of that horrible day. As fellow Americans, they deserve as much of your sympathy and support as their heterosexual counterparts have recieved. I will be watching this issue closely and will be communicating with my federal representatives and urging them not to allow this kind of blatant bigotry to factor in to benefits to survivors. Sincerely, Individual Comment Van Nuys, CA. 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 dojR002598.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