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. Sunday, March 17, 2002 5:26 PM "9/11 Fund To Discriminate Against Gays" To Whom it May Concern, "In an appearance on the Sunday, March 10 broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press," Kenneth Feinberg, the head of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (a fund created by Congress and run by the Department of Justice), said that gay partners of the heroes of September 11th will not necessarily be eligible for the same compensation as heterosexual family members who lost their loved ones." Commentary by If the facts are accurate as stated in the commentary that is referred to above, and that gays and lesbians will be once again marginalized and discriminated against, it is truly a sad reality that even in response to 9/11, our North American society cannot rise above the crowd and do what is right. One can only hope that you and others within your organization and within the American government have the courage to go beyond hatred and prejudice -- to truly show love, understanding, and acceptance. For all members of society - young and old - that look to you to set an example and to do what is right, I pray that you will find a way to include gays and lesbians and to treat them equally and justly. A wonderful editorial ran in our small local newspaper this week. The editor's comments started with this statement: "...Hate is evil and destructive; love is good and constructive..." When her five year old, in response to an episode of Simpsons, said "Boys can only love girls and marry girls, right momma. And boys can't love boys, and boys can't marry boys..." the mom at first thought that it was too complicated to explain to him that he wasn't right. In the end it turned out it wasn't really a complicated subject at all. Upset with her initial response to him, she revisited the situation with him and explained to her son that "...men can love men and they can live together like husband and wife. And women can love women and they can live together like they're married. Usually it's men and women who fall in love with each other and get married but it doesn't have to be. And that's just the way it is." THIS MOTHER REALIZED SHE DIDN'T NEED TO SEW THE SEEDS OF PREJUDICE IN HER CHILD. It's now that you must show that love is good and constructive, unlike the hatred that caused the evil and destruction of 9/11. Help put an end to discrimination of gays and lesbians! Help stop hatred! Find a way to honour ALL of your heroes! Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-17 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 dojR001670.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. 2002-03-17