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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jrhmdtraum@AOL.COM)
Tue Oct 20 07:05:20 1998
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 07:05:10 EDT
Reply-To: Jrhmdtraum@AOL.COM
From: Jrhmdtraum@AOL.COM
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In a message dated 10/14/98 11:19:28 AM, mstroh@NETWAY.COM wrote:
Mike wrote:
<<join then the fraternity would not force them to accept women as
members....without this compromise the legislation would not have passed
(if it would have passed, then why make a compromise?) so in essence we
did make a promise to them (not to change their status), you may call it
a compromise or you may call it something else, but a deal was made, and
we should still honor that deal!
>>
Actually, without the compromise, the fraternity would have been forced to go
coed by the courts. The initial "voice" at the meeting was against letting
women in with an overwhelming majority of votes. It was only when people
realized that the choice would be taken away was the compromise made.
One who was there
