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. Monday, March 18, 2002 6:56 PM I have just received an email stating that gay partners/spouses/families of victims of 9/11 will receive no compensation for the tragic loss of their loved ones, simply because they are gay. This seems grossly unfair, especially in the light of the fact that illegal aliens and the unborn children of any fatalities of that day will be compensated. A family unit is still a family unit, even if those same people are all the same sex. It is time to set aside bigotry and prejudice and look at the greater good for our country and the people who live within its bounds. This type of bias and small-mindedness makes us look backward, bigoted and unintelligent to the rest of the world. Why would the rest of the world leaders want to work with a nation of backward primitives who have no desire to address anything different and/or forward thinking. No wonder we are a prime target. We can't even come together as the diverse families that make up our nation. It is the same as bombing another country for not having the same religious beliefs as the bomber. Both Hitler and bin Laden would be proud! Are we not reflecting their tragic closed mindedness by doing the same ourselves? What a shame! We should know better by now! Perhaps people who feel this way should take a good look at themselves to see where their fear comes from, and then take a look at the great leaders and heroes of our world. Lifesavers come in every color, as the saying goes... Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-18 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 dojR001833.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. 2002-03-18