[honeychile]

May we put a bottom line on this?

Many years ago, many sororities (and fraternities) were founded upon one religious principle or another. Not all, but many. Those of y'all who have a Baird's Manual only have to read about the founding of these GLOs.

Time went by, and religious boundaries became more blurred. People didn't choose their friends solely by religion, in or outside of the Greek system. At that point, decisions were made within various GLOs to accept members outside of their previous boundaries. My own recruitment story is full of these boundaries!

Many rituals may still retain aspects of their previous heritage, though. Those members who are not comfortable with these aspects need to either accept them, mentally substituting their own beliefs, or work with their Inter-/National organization to change the ritual.

We need to retain some respect for each GLO, though, as this thread is getting entirely too close to ritual.

Thanks for listening - I'm off my soapbox now!

PS: BTW, I was recently at such a discussion within my own sorority. The key word is respect - for both one's own sorority and for the rituals of the others.