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Something along these lines actually did happen with my chapter when I was in school. A new religious organization started up on campus... it was an offshoot of the Baptist Student Union. Several of my sisters who were BSU members started attending bible studies hosted by the new organization.
At first, things were fine. However, I quickly realized that the girls' attitudes were starting to change. They didn't want to attend socials, and started "preaching" to our other members, saying that having a social was immoral because we should be concentrating on the bible instead of trying to get dates with fraternity guys. Also, they began skipping sorority events in order to attend meetings for this other organization.
Things got really uncomfortable after that. There were no knock-down, drag-out arguments between the ultra-religious group of sisters and the rest of us, but it was definitely tense at sorority functions. We felt like we were being judged every time we saw them, and they felt like we were bad influences because we didn't worship the same way that they did.
When I graduated, there were two distinct "cliques" in our chapter. Everyone was polite to everyone else because we were all sisters; however, the comraderie wasn't nearly as strong as it used to be. When we voted for exec and cabinet positions, it was obvious that there were two sides for each election.
The good news is I learned, not too long after my graduation, that some of the girls eventually realized that they were being, for lack of a better word, 'brainwashed' by the offshoot organization, and stopped attending their meetings. The number of sisters who participated in the org dwindled and things started getting back to normal for our chapter. The organization is still on campus, but most students view it as a cult and stay away.
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