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Actually I'm not offended. I don't care what people I've never met think of me. My best friend posted this and then told me after the fact. That's neither here nor there, I am not mad.
What i felt needed a response was the attack of me as not having a right to do this. My school doesn't sort groups according to if all their members posses a vagina or penis. It groups them by what they are. Ethnic groups. Sororities. Fraternities. I am in a fraternity. Some people seem to forget that brotherhood isn't about being a man, but about honoring that bond. Fighting for each other. Loving each other so much you are honest. Good times and bad. My brothers will be the people who stand up at my wedding for me. They will be my kids godparents. They will be my friends for life. Will your brothers?
Greek Life at my school falls under the Dean of Student's. He says we have to, in order to take a pledge class, have a rush and iniate members fall under the umbrella groups of IFC and IGC.
My point was if APO is forced to pay dues to these groups and follow their bylaws then why can we be involved in the politics of it? If you think your national would have an issue then by all means I urge you to write to them and have them talk to my school. Yes, I know most schools group us as a club. I'm not blind to that fact. My school(with a thriving greek population of almost 1000 people out of a 10,000 or so students)does. Hell, if your fraternity has a house on my campus why not contact their president to see how they feel about it? I'm confidant that most will honestly not care. I'm not saying to Delta Chi, Let women in. Nor am I saying to DZ, take men. You're same sex. Good for you. I am not. I follow the bylaws set before me. I do my job. If you honestly care so much to get as worked up as this I feel bad for you.
Most people in Co-ed's don't honestly care about same sex groups. They weren't for us. I don't want to be a brother in any of the other 8 fraternities on my campus. They are old and established houses. They aren't for me. My point is I am a fraternity BROTHER. I have BROTHERS. I believe in the meaning of BROTHERHOOD. I would do anything for these people. Theyare my best friends. We work hard. We have goals like any other organization. We don't want to be you, but if we have to be in the same group we might as well have the option to compete. I didn't want to be a sister and get turned down(as one private message said..Yeah..) I only rushed Alpha Phi Omega. What is wrong with work with the fraternities? I have an eboard of 4 other members, all from social organizations. we work together. I'm not challenging your right to remain same sex. I am saying that as a fraternity, full of brothers that we bear consideration.
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