The following is forwarded from NGLTF on America Online:
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Subj:  NGLTF supports Ginsburg nomination       93-06-16 21:58:04 EDT
From:  PROG NGLTF

NGLTF SUPPORTS GINSBURG NOMINATION 

Washington, D.C., June 14, 1993...The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
(NGLTF) supports  the nomination of U.S. Appeals Court Judge Ruth Bader
Ginsburg to the U.S. Supreme Court, and we feel both optimistic and cautious.
NGLTF is impressed with Judge Ginsburg's background as a public interest
advocate and her judicial support of civil liberties and women's rights.
However, NGLTF is concerned with her support for a 1984 ruling that negatively
impacted a challenge to the military's ban on gay men and lesbians.  

 In the 1984 ruling, Dronenburg v. Zech, Judge Ginsburg joined a majority
decision to deny a request to re-hear a case that challenged a Navy sailor's
discharge due to homosexual activity.  In an individual concurrence, Judge
Ginsburg stated that her decision to deny re-hearing of the case was based on
her opinion that a previous Supreme Court case offered a clear precedent
limiting the plaintiff's basis for a suit. She did not offer opinions about the
right to privacy or the military's anti-gay ban. 

 While her support for the decade-old Dronenberg decision concerns NGLTF, we
expect Judge Ginsburg to give a fair hearing to gay-related cases before the
Supreme Court based on her record as a dedicated advocate of civil liberties
and individual rights. We will closely monitor her confirmation hearings to
learn more about her opinions regarding civil rights, the right to privacy, and
other judicial issues that affect the gay and lesbian community. 
 
 
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