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Ladygreek-
No, Omega does not have an official "Legacy policy" to my knowledge. Back in the '80s there was a push to get more legacies to pledge. The Fraternity encouraged brothers to encourage sons to pledge. The reason: as I stated earlier in my previous post, the rationale was that legacies understood most by the example they received in their home from fathers what the Fraternity was really all about and thus would be better candidates than total outsiders. But this emphasis has ebbed away. But in reality,legacies do make up a substantial percentage of Omega neophytes. Not necesarily the father-son variety but those that encompass brothers, uncles, cousins, and very dear teachers and mentors, ministers,etc.
To the other respondants-
If you believe in the movement which your fraternity represnts why wouldn't you want your child to share that. Should you force them through guilt, cajoling or various kinds of pressure to do so. Of course not!!!! But the testimony I continually hear from neophytes is that some Omega man, be he father, brother, uncle, cousin, minister, teacher so impressed them that they want to follow in their footsteps. If anything those who have been drawn thusly typically exhibit a cetain reticence about becoming an Omega because of the seriousness of this which has been impressed upon them.
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