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Originally Posted by Atalanta265
Or she could just push for a new addition to the bylaws or code of standards for her chapter when they come up for review. If she's not the only one feeling this way the chapter might as well at least have a discussion on whether it's necessary to address letters-politics in their bylaws so that their bylaws committee can decide whether they need to start looking into a way to solve the problem or not. That's what I would do...as far as I know the chapter I belonged to didn't address politics, but situations where it would apply are probably few and far between so there's no need to add a bylaw, but on campuses where this situation will probably be repeated frequently the chapter should at least gauge the general feeling on the subject. It could be that only a couple of people are offended and then they might just have to suck it up, but if a large portion of the chapter wants to keep politics away from letters, it's time to find a solution.
The problem with associating letters with politics (whether directly, as in "XYZ supports candidate A, or indirectly as in Suzy Sorority has a formal t-shirt with her letters on at a political rally) is that "negative" is relative. I don't want my letters associated with any extremist views on either the right OR left, but I have sisters both collegian and alum that do have pretty extreme views and wouldn't view such connections as negative. I would be offended if my letters were associated with an event to support the banning of gay marriage, but some of my sisters would be just as offended if I wore a lettered shirt to an event supporting gay marriage. THAT's why it makes sense to me to just say no across the board, especially in chapters where members are very politically active and are noticing hurt feelings and resentment all around.
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I agree that a change in bylaws would be best but in the event that the bylaw isn't passed a compromise should still be made among the sisters.[/QUOTE]
Definitely. I guess my point would be that the sister that is offended should at least bring it up to the chapter council and then if they think it merits discussion with the chapter that's what they should do before contacting anyone outside the chapter.