[9487] in APO-L
Re: Amendments
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cammy L. Burns)
Wed Sep 28 22:32:33 1994
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 18:07:40 -0500
Reply-To: "Cammy L. Burns" <cburns@THE-COLLEGE.IWCTX.EDU>
From: "Cammy L. Burns" <cburns@THE-COLLEGE.IWCTX.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L%PURCCVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
Presenting to all an issue of prejudice:
On Wed, 28 Sep 1994, Shawn Putnam wrote:
> To those who are proposing changes to the Toast Song, Please don't. The
> last thing this fraternity needs is to become politically correct. Also,
> please don't try to get rid of all-male chapters. As a voting delegate
> to Nationals, I don't want to have to listen to this argument again. And
> coming from a state with two all-male chapters, I can assure you that they
> fight you to the bitter end.
>
> In LFS,
> Shawn Putnam
I'm sorry, but you have offended a lot of people. APO is known
internationally as a "national co-ed service fraternity". APO has been
co-ed for 18 years now. It would not be changing anything, and is not a
new issue.
This is not your fraternity, but our fraternity --EVERYONE inclusively.
It makes me very angry to see your blatant attitude toward women as
second-class people. Besides, its illegal. Think I'm being rediculous?
Wait until your chapter ends up in a lawsuit some day, and you have
to go before a judge to explain messages like this one on APO-L.
As far as the part about "politically correct" goes, that is a term that
would not apply here. The changes you talk about would not be pleasant
euphemisms, but the discontinuance of an 18 year-old prejudice that has
co-existed with our professed principals of leadership, friendship, and
service.
Yes, I agree that we should closely gaurd our traditions. They are part
of our heritage and foundation, including the Toast Song. And yes, I know
that you are entitled to your opinion, and it may not necessarily be that
of your chapter. However, it makes me very angry to see this kind of
attitude within the fraternity.
No one is threatening you or your chapter, and if you happen to have an
all-male chapter that is your business. If you don't want to listen to
arguments, then I have a bad feeling that you made the wrong choice in
becoming a voting delegate. You have to have an open mind to delegate,
and from the tone of this post I don't think that is going to happen.
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