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In reply to the discussion: Obama: It’s time for Augusta golf club to admit women members [View all]AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)23. There is discrimination and illegal discrimination
This is a private club. Just as certain people cannot be on DU - like freepers, et al. ANGC gets to choose it's own members.
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Article just assumes there are no women members or that there is a no woman policy
AngryAmish
Apr 2012
#16
It is irrelevant (to nearly everyone except the RW appointees on the Supreme Ct) whether there is a
spooky3
Apr 2012
#56
From what I can see, they won't release their bylaws, but they clearly have a longstanding
cbayer
Apr 2012
#19
Every member gets a copy of the bylaws, in a cute little green booklet, every year.
MADem
Apr 2012
#89
But then they'd have to bring all their vagina stuff and they'd vagina all over the place.
Ian David
Apr 2012
#3
If corporations are people, they shouldn't be discriminating against other people on public airwaves
MADem
Apr 2012
#81
DU chooses its members based on their political ideology, not whether they have a penis.
Skinner
Apr 2012
#24
A private club can choose it's members based on all sorts of silly qualifications
AngryAmish
Apr 2012
#25
Obama was smart to take the moderate -- not progressive position -- that he did.
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#32
It is not a club I would join (but let's face facts they ain't inviting me).
AngryAmish
Apr 2012
#33
The short answer is there are many organizations that discriminate on all sorts of bases
AngryAmish
Apr 2012
#51
What if the big meeting of the business you are engaged in is being held on the links at Augusta?
MADem
Apr 2012
#88
There are trade associations specifically for minority groups in all kinds of businesses.
cbayer
Apr 2012
#49
Exactly. And some businesses take deductions for their payments for memberships.
spooky3
Apr 2012
#55
In fact, the club was cowed into taking their first black member in 1990 because
cbayer
Apr 2012
#58
Corporations take profits generated from people of both genders to fund a golf show broadcast on
MADem
Apr 2012
#83
Freepers can stop being freezers ... not sure IBM's CEO can easily "change" ...
JoePhilly
Apr 2012
#27
it is NOT a "private" club when businesses deduct membership costs, where advertising revenue is
spooky3
Apr 2012
#57
And by staking out the moderate position, Obama is forcing Romney further right.
pnwmom
Apr 2012
#29
There is no daylight between Romney and Obama on this particular matter. None. nt
MADem
Apr 2012
#86
Why, is there a law that says a president cant comment on it or on other issues?
cstanleytech
Apr 2012
#114
Because a lot of business takes place on golf course, particularly courses like this.
cbayer
Apr 2012
#31
As a member you can bring your business colleagues to play at one of the best courses in the USA.
MADem
Apr 2012
#87
When Eisenhower basically said he would enforce the law when it came to desegregating schools, it
merbex
Apr 2012
#22
If they were slower players than you, why didn't you just ask them if you could play through?
cbayer
Apr 2012
#40
And how would you feel if they continued to block African Americans from membership, as they did at
spooky3
Apr 2012
#54
Actually it is a private club and if they wanted to block someone from joining based on their skin
cstanleytech
Apr 2012
#115
You think those corporations would continue to sponsor without the ability to advertise on network
MADem
Apr 2012
#108
If you think the prize money is the only reason people compete in the Masters, you are extremely
Hosnon
Apr 2012
#109
I'm not quite sure where your level of disdain comes from, but it is quite clear it is high.
Hosnon
Apr 2012
#122
What does the "growth rate" of investing the purse have to do with the prize money? Answer-nothing.
MADem
Apr 2012
#128
I imagine many people either cannot or simply will not see the critical and relevant differences...
LanternWaste
Apr 2012
#79
When Curves holds a tournament sponsored by major US corporations, broadcast over FCC-licensed
MADem
Apr 2012
#90
I can just imagine if somebody like MoRon Paul were asked to comment on this.
Jamaal510
Apr 2012
#70
Ridiculouos. So a 1% club will get forced to allow another 1% female to join, that's progress?
harun
Apr 2012
#84
HUGE PRIZE MONEY. Put up by corporations with male and female shareholders and customers--
MADem
Apr 2012
#103
I'm assuming you have some sort of professional or personal knowledge to back up your
Hosnon
Apr 2012
#112
It's the prestige. Despite what a few are claiming here, it is not only about the prize money.
Hosnon
Apr 2012
#111
Of course it's not chicken feed. But anyone with a modicum of golf knowledge, specifically,
Hosnon
Apr 2012
#121
If Augusta ever had it's "major" status yanked, its clout and popularity would fall off a cliff
Blue_Tires
Apr 2012
#132
read through the entire thread and replaced the word 'woman' with the word 'gay'.
LanternWaste
Apr 2012
#77