The following is forwarded from NGLTF on America Online:
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Subj:  NGLTF & Guinier withdrawal            93-06-09 14:00:55 EDT
From:  PROG NGLTF


NGLTF STATEMENT ON PROFESSOR LANI GUINIER

Washington, D.C., June 8, 1993...The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
(NGLTF) is extremely disappointed in President Clinton's decision to withdraw
the nomination of Professor Lani Guinier to head the U.S. Department of
Justice's Civil Rights Division.

 Professor Guinier should  have been accorded a hearing in the Senate Judiciary
Committee.  Instead, she was given no opportunity to correct disinformation on
her views spread by those whose clear intent is to undermine the enforcement of
civil rights legislation in this country.

 The behavior of Senators of both parties in mischaracterizing Professor
Guinier's writings on the Voting Rights Act as "anti-democratic" is nothing but
the usual double-speak and sloganeering that passes for analysis in these
matters.  Most of the remedies proposed by Professor Guinier in her very
theoretical law review articles were not radical, except to those who believe
that white majorities should be able to maintain power over local governments. 
Indeed, all of the remedies suggested in her articles have been proposed and
accepted in various cases by the Justice Department under President Reagan,
precisely because they accomplish the protection of minority voting access and
participation in government.

 Professor Guinier's life work has been devoted to achieving equality and
justice for all Americans.  NGLTF, through our coalition work with the
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, fully supported Professor Guinier's
nomination to the nation's top civil rights post. 

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[The above statement is attributable to Torie Osborn, executive director of the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.  NGLTF is the nation's oldest national
lesbian and gay civil rights advocacy organization.]
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