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Originally posted by Nhfulmer
I personally have Jewish heritage and had it been known, I would not have been accepted at the time I pledged. (In fact, it was kept from me because of discrimination. I learned of it while I was in college.)
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From reading your post I would figure you weren't brought up in the Jewish religion but consider yourself partially Jewish in the ethnic sense. And I can understand if an organization is religious in nature (i.e. partipation in ritual would require belief in the new testament or at least placing value in its message) that they would expect the membership to prescribe to similar beliefs. And by desiring membership or agreeing to join such an organization a member expresses this, yet certain organizations would not in most/many cases extend bids to girls because of their ethnic background despite sharing the values of their organization. Knowing this and especially knowing that you would not have gotten a bid if they knew the "truth" about you (a truth which had little or no affect on you as a person) how could you join/remain a member of this organization.
And while this question was raised by nhfulmer's post it is directed to anyone who joined a GLO's when it had an active discrimination policy (written or unwritten)
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