Phi Mu Houses

phimu10gammachi · #1 07-03-2010, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

It's a myth, there is no law that prohibits sorority houses because of brothels.

there is where i go to school... im not sure where you go, but we were founded first on our campus and we have tried with no avail to get one as far as i know. so we, nor another sorority, can get one....

Drolefille · #2 07-03-2010, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by phimu10gammachi

there is where i go to school... im not sure where you go, but we were founded first on our campus and we have tried with no avail to get one as far as i know. so we, nor another sorority, can get one....

Brothel Law Myth

Been discussed here ad nauseaum

PM_Mama00 · #3 07-15-2010, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

It's a myth, there is no law that prohibits sorority houses because of brothels.

Check Dearborn, Michigan... because a couple of our sisters did and there was, in fact, a brothel law prohibiting us to have a house.

The houses are beautiful but I'm glad I only had to pay $25 a month for dues.

Drolefille · #4 07-15-2010, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

Check Dearborn, Michigan... because a couple of our sisters did and there was, in fact, a brothel law prohibiting us to have a house.

The houses are beautiful but I'm glad I only had to pay $25 a month for dues.

Sorry the only citation of that online is you making the same claim 9 years ago. There are zoning laws that can apply, but no documented brothel laws that would ban a sorority house. Snopes provides their sources.

Besides the onus is on the one making the positive claim

ETA: I'll even help, here are the Dearborn Michican ordinances. Up to date as of Sept. 2009.

PM_Mama00 · #5 07-16-2010, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

Sorry the only citation of that online is you making the same claim 9 years ago. There are zoning laws that can apply, but no documented brothel laws that would ban a sorority house. Snopes provides their sources.

Besides the onus is on the one making the positive claim

ETA: I'll even help, here are the Dearborn Michican ordinances. Up to date as of Sept. 2009.

That's awesome, considering I graduated in 2005 and the sisters looked into it around 2000-2001. But I guess the person on the other line was lying when they told the girls about the law?

Drolefille · #6 07-16-2010, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

That's awesome, considering I graduated in 2005 and the sisters looked into it around 2000-2001. But I guess the person on the other line was lying when they told the girls about the law?

Are you going for sarcasm here? Because odds are, yes they were lying (or innocently passing on incorrect information) since there is no documentation anywhere, including in the one state where prostitution is legal of anti-brothel laws being written in such a way that sorority houses would be excluded. We've discussed this for 10 years on Greek Chat and not once has an actual statute shown up.

The only other websites that put brothel laws and Dearborn together go to a variety of porn sites.

So yes, the onus of proof is on you. Without proof it doesn't exist.

MysticCat · #7 07-16-2010, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

But I guess the person on the other line was lying when they told the girls about the law?

Well, aside from the distinct possibility that the person on the other end of the line was right about housing being prohibited but wrong about why, did you talk to them yourself or did you hear second- (or third- or fourth-) hand what was said? Did that person actually say that "brothel" laws prohibited sorority houses or did they just say "the law" prohibits them (probably meaning zoning laws) and your sisters supplied the brothel part themselves because they'd heard about how brothel laws ban sorority houses some places?

AlwaysSAI · #8 07-16-2010, 01:38 PM

Hey! PhiMu10gammachi went to my Alma Mater!

Hello fellow spartan!

CarolinaCutie · #9 08-12-2010, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by phimu10gammachi

there is where i go to school... im not sure where you go, but we were founded first on our campus and we have tried with no avail to get one as far as i know. so we, nor another sorority, can get one....

This is not true. But it doesn't matter now, does it?