Date:         Thu, 12 Jan 1995 11:21:22 -0500
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Following is this month's sample letter on lesbian, gay & bisexual issue.


The Hon. Drew S. Days, III
Solicitor General of the U.S.
Department of Justice
10th Street and Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20530

Dear Solicitor General Days:

I am writing to ask that you drop the government's appeal in the
case of Cammermeyer v Aspin. In particular, I urge you to let the
ruling of the U.S. District Court in Seattle stand so that Colonel
Margarethe Cammermeyer may continue to serve in the Washington
State National Guard.

Col. Cammermeyer came to the United States from Norway at the age
of nine. In the 1960s she joined the U.S. Army as a student nurse
at the rank of Lieutenant. By the late 1980s, as the result of her
hard work and devotion to duty, she rose to the rank of full
Colonel. Over the years she served in the U.S. Army, the Veteran's
Administration and the Washington State National Guard.

During her years in service, Col. Cammermeyer was awarded the
Bronze Star for meritorious service in Vietnam, the Veteran's
Administration Administrator's Award for Excellence in Nursing and,
in 1986, she received an "A" professional designation from the
United States Army Surgeon General. Now the military wants to fire
her because she is lesbian.

In my view Col. Cammermeyer is an example all that is best in the
American dream and the government's desire to fire such an
exemplary and dedicated employee is an illustration of all that is
wrong in big government.

I urge you to withdraw the government's prosecution of Col.
Cammermeyer and allow her to continue her excellent service to this
nation.

Yours truly,