[19269] in APO-L
Re: All Male
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ping Huang)
Tue Oct 6 12:36:37 1998
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 09:26:20 -0700
Reply-To: Ping Huang <pshuang@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
From: Ping Huang <pshuang@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Oct 98 08:48:05 PDT."
<19981006154805.18933.qmail@steroid.ecst.csuchico.edu>
hawkeye@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU wrote:
> So far in the 2 years I've seen this debate rage, I have yet to see
> a rational, logical arguement in favor of allowing the all-male
> chapters to remain, as it is always based on emotion and tradition.
> [....]
If you believe that the desire to preserve our honor and integrity
fail to be a rational, logical argument, but rather is "merely" based
on emotion and tradition, then so be it --- we will have to agree to
strongly disagree. Whether it be by resolution or by bylaws
amendment, if we gave our word to the all-male chapter at the national
convention in 1976 that they may remain all-male until they choose to
change, then our word is still given. The pending lawsuit from Zeta
and Stanford law professors may have been a sword hanging over the
fraternity's head that forced the decision to be made ASAP, but at the
time, the fraternity had a choice, was presumably reasonably well
informed about the two alternatives, and made its decision.
Hopefully, unlike in the realm of politics, a promise made by Alpha
Phi Omega, as represented by the voting delegates at a national
convention, should mean something. Many politicians are not
trustworthy, sadly, but I expect APO brothers to be in congruence with
the first point of the scout law.
--
Ping Huang <pshuang@alum.mit.edu>; info: http://web.mit.edu/pshuang/.plan
Disclaimer: unless explicitly otherwise stated, my
statements represent my personal viewpoints only.
