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Re: An interesting debate point
Posted By: Silon, on host 199.174.16.193
Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2001, at 10:51:16
In Reply To: Re: An interesting debate point posted by Luisa on Wednesday, June 27, 2001, at 10:12:42:

>
> > Si"At least in America, kicking someone out
> because of this would be unconstitutional. I'm
> not sure about England."lon
>
> Would it be unconstitutional? I was never a
> great government student, but unless they're
> an organization recieving government funds,
> shouldn't they be able to include or exclude
> members as they see fit? (I'm all for letting the
> guy stay in the club, just trying to decide if this
> would actually be something in the states that
> the government could get involved in)
>
> I know, for example, that an all male college
> near me can continue to exclude women as
> long as they are 100% privately funded. The
> day they accept money from Uncle Sam is the
> day they have to accept women. It seems that
> by the same token, a privately funded group
> would be able to exclude someone on the
> basis of their political beliefs.

You may be right. I would think, though, that it would be unconstitutional to exclude someone on the basis of what they voted.

Si"But you might be a better government student than me."lon

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