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Woman denied membership in all-male Elks Club
The Merced Sun-Star ^ | April 19, 2006, 02:32:31 AM PDT | Corinne Reilly

Posted on 04/19/2006 1:30:14 PM PDT by keat

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To: American Quilter
The Female elk is called a cow.

She could start a "Cow Club" for cows like her.

21 posted on 04/19/2006 1:41:42 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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All these Male Clubs should just adopt a charter that proclaims that any member may at any time ask another member to remove all clothing from the waist up.

....think that'd work?

(Not that it would help the male members in this case, but may stave off these idiots)


22 posted on 04/19/2006 1:41:50 PM PDT by CygnusXI (Where's that dang Meteor already?)
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To: Redleg Duke
What part of "all-male club" seems to escape your comprehension?

Funny, I know a woman here in Indy that's a member of the Elks club. Her dad was a grand poohbah or whatever at another chapter in another county.

I wouldn't say that Elks as a whole is all male. Perhaps just that chapter.

23 posted on 04/19/2006 1:42:53 PM PDT by AFreeBird (your mileage may vary)
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To: gaijin

Are you a guy? Yes? Let's say you had to go buy a patch for your jeans in the fabric store; there are 3 clerks, and one of them is a GUY.
Do you want HIM to wait on you?

This happened to me 2 days ago. In San Francisco.
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I dunno. When I'm ready to pay for my merch, I really don't give a flying [fill in the blank] who waits on me. Do you really think about that kind of stuff?


24 posted on 04/19/2006 1:43:16 PM PDT by dmz
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To: keat

ever heard of the lady elks?


25 posted on 04/19/2006 1:44:36 PM PDT by wallcrawlr (http://www.bionicear.com/)
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To: gaijin
Are you a guy? Yes? Let's say you had to go buy a patch for your jeans in the fabric store; there are 3 clerks, and one of them is a GUY. Do you want HIM to wait on you? This happened to me 2 days ago. In San Francisco.

in san francisco? heck yeah! everyone knows that gay men are THE fashion experts!
26 posted on 04/19/2006 1:45:15 PM PDT by absolootezer0 ("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
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To: keat

She would be very welcome to join the clampers ... NOT


27 posted on 04/19/2006 1:45:28 PM PDT by clamper1797 (We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties)
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To: Ben Mugged

The Red Green Man's Prayer:
I am a man. I can change if I have to, I guess.


28 posted on 04/19/2006 1:46:19 PM PDT by BarbM
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To: keat
[REAL WORLD] "Man denied membership at all-female health club."

"Men have no business trying to apply at our private health club," said the 55-year-old Arancibia. "But it's for women only, and we don't admit men. Deal with it." [/READ WORLD]

The double standard no one will ever bring up. Why the hell not college bathrooms that are co-ed by stall, for God's sake? There are women's clubs for this woman...her only goal is "taking down" the men's only facility.

29 posted on 04/19/2006 1:48:15 PM PDT by 50sDad (ST3d: Real Star Trek 3d Chess: http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~abartmes/tactical.htm)
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To: keat

The Elks thing reminds me...I once heard Joe Buck broadcasting a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game. When his partner took a moment to recognize a large group of Elks who were there for the game, Joe said, "My father (Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Buck) was an Elk - and a Lion, and a Moose, as well as a Buck. I used to charge the kids in the neighborhood a quarter just to come in the house and look at him asleep on the couch!"


30 posted on 04/19/2006 1:48:31 PM PDT by Gtown
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To: CygnusXI
"All these Male Clubs should just adopt a charter that proclaims that any member may at any time ask another member to remove all clothing from the waist up.

....think that'd work?

Do you really want to see that?!

31 posted on 04/19/2006 1:49:12 PM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: BarbM

Let the men have their clubs. Why doesn't she have her husband join the Elks? She can be in the wives club.

What's wrong with letting men be men? I think we should stop women who try to be men.

she's just a trouble maker.>
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Excellent approach from a real woman BarbM. It doesn't make these men any better than her, just different and they want to associate with others of the same. Men should also honor those "clubs" that only accept women.

It's not a good thing that men and women associate ALL the time, in EVERY activity.


32 posted on 04/19/2006 1:50:13 PM PDT by MadeInAmerica (- If ILLEGAL means Undocumented - Then Breaking and Entering means Unannounced Visit)
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To: absolootezer0

Gay men are so NOT the fashion experts, though they certainly like the world to think that they are.

I'm sorry, but strutting around in pointy rattlesnake loafers,, jeans, and horn-rimmed glasses does not a fashion expert make.


33 posted on 04/19/2006 1:50:18 PM PDT by CheyennePress
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To: Ben Mugged
The Elk membership policy states in part "To be eligible for membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, you must be a citizen of the United States over the age of 21 who believes in God."

Well, if you can discriminate on the basis of religion (atheists need not apply to the Elks) then you may as well discriminate on the basis of gender. As an earlier poster stated, it's a private club on private property. I'm not sure how a lack of belief in God impairs your ability to do community service activities, but hey, it's the right of free association....

34 posted on 04/19/2006 1:51:32 PM PDT by Panzerfaust
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To: BarbM

I thought he was talking about brands of duck tape.

mc :-)


35 posted on 04/19/2006 1:53:01 PM PDT by mcshot (Many of our enemies are busy - pouring through our gates .)
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To: keat
"There was a particular individual who stood up and urged members not to vote for females..."

Combine freedom of speech with freedom of association and this can be one of the results.

And what if it really was just this one female that most members didn't want? Is that allowed, I wonder?

36 posted on 04/19/2006 1:53:36 PM PDT by FormerLib ("...the past ten years in Kosovo will be replayed here in what some call Aztlan.")
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To: A Balrog of Morgoth

And you know there's bunch of guys 'round here that think they are really Lesbians...


37 posted on 04/19/2006 1:54:39 PM PDT by FormerLib ("...the past ten years in Kosovo will be replayed here in what some call Aztlan.")
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To: gaijin

They don't sell duct tape in S.F.?


38 posted on 04/19/2006 1:57:30 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: gaijin
Let's say you had to go buy a patch for your jeans in the fabric store...

You went into a fabric store to buy a patch for your jeans? Why?

39 posted on 04/19/2006 1:57:30 PM PDT by FormerLib ("...the past ten years in Kosovo will be replayed here in what some call Aztlan.")
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To: CheyennePress
Gay men are so NOT the fashion experts, though they certainly like the world to think that they are. I'm sorry, but strutting around in pointy rattlesnake loafers,, jeans, and horn-rimmed glasses does not a fashion expert make.

oops.. did i forget a /sarcasm tag?
40 posted on 04/19/2006 1:57:30 PM PDT by absolootezer0 ("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
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