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I'm agnostic and joined a deeply Christian chapter, both in our ritual nationally and on a local level. While there were definitely times I felt uncomfortable in the chapter because it was assumed that every member was Christian or comfortable with Christian values (we once had our lone Jewish member pipe up during chapter to remind us that not everyone wanted to hear from a Christian speaker at a sisterhood event, and that speaker wasn't selected), I was never forced to participate in any religious activity I didn't want to do, ritual or otherwise. It was also very obvious to me from the beginning that this chapter was religious and that that was something I was going to have to learn to tolerate if I wanted to be a member.
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