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Originally posted by trisigmaAtl
If this were an NPC or NIC group saying that they would only take people of a certain religious preference they would be off campus with no question. we've had many disscussions here about that same topic. I think what's problematic is that the groups say they are "only open to christian members". If you open your doors to everyone and then educate them before inviting them to join that you will only be disscussing, enjoying, christian ideas, you will likely only have people who are interested in that type of fellowship stick around anyway. We have religious/cultural groups on my campus such as the Black Student Caucus, and the Jewish Student Union, that work, study, and enjoy projects that support those communities/religious beliefs, but the groups are open to anyone who is interested. There are a few white and latino members of the BSC and a few non Jewish members of the JSU. They celebrate thier ideals, they just aren't exclusionary...and that's the problem.
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Clubs and GLOs are not the same thing. One of their many differences is that GLOs determine their own membership. Also, student clubs are often times a "necessity".....cultural and religious organizations were established as support and advocacy groups. Membership in a fraternity is not a necessity. Being denied membership on the basis of religion, in an explicitly Christian fraternity, does not seem unreasonable to me.
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