Status of all-male chapters

[KAPital PHINUst]

Originally Posted by arvid1978

Yes, and the promise was made to all students everywhere that Alpha Phi Omega has a place for them when we declared an open membership policy. It's great that you're a legacy and you have active advisors who have been around for a long time, but they should also never forget that Alpha Phi Omega does not belong to us alumni, it belongs to the students, and we must abide by their decisions. They have decided that if you want to have your chapter able to be part of Alpha Phi Omega, then you must accept all students.

Since our purpose is to "assemble college students in a fraternity based on the principles of the Boy Scouts of America, specifically the Scout Oath and Law, you should know that:

"A Scout is Obedient. A Scout follows the rules of his family, school, and troop. He obeys the laws of his community and country. If he thinks these rules and laws are unfair, he tries to have them changed in an orderly manner rather than disobeying them."

You may not like it, but it is the law of the land now. The correct thing would be to get an exemption for groups like APO, not flaunt the law because some of our chapters want to stay all-male. Ignoring Title IX, whether or not we have been sued for being in violation, is not living up to the ideals that Alpha Phi Omega was founded upon, and any brother who would openly disrespect the very core of our being to satisfy their own selfish needs should spend some time seriously re-evaluating what this fraternity is all about.

Sorry to erupt, but APO is much more than Pi Chi chapter.

Sounds to me like you're making excuses to what should have been (or at least appeared to be) an unqualified promise. In other words, that promise had no disclaimers or riders when it was originally made, and you're trying to interpret that promise as if it did. Just be honest and tell us that you don't want to regard that promise as being valid because you don't think it's relevant in 2008 and doesn't fit APO's politically correct public image.

Frankly, that adds insult to injury on the whole issue. You may not agree what what the all-male constituency and issues thereof stand for, but don't sit here and tell us we didn't understand what the promise made to entailed. That's kinda offensive.

ETA: if Title IX was as big an issue as everyone here (or better yet, APO as a whole) is making it out to be, the mandate that all chapters become co-ed would've took effect December 30, 1976 (not 1986 or 2006).