***REV. PETERSON TO LEAD RALLY IN SUPPORT OF AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB APRIL 12!***

BOND (Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny) ^ | April 3, 2003 | Ermias Alemayehu

[lodwick]

Huge Jesse bttt!

[Argh]

Good for Rev. Bond!

[Viet Vet in Augusta GA]

Come on down, glad to see you! Traditional Southern welcome awaits...

[Dante3]

I heard Rev. Peterson talk once. I was impressed.

Is Rev. Jesse J. still going to attend? Or does he now find spending time with his love child and/or the situation in Iraq more important?

[sauropod]

I love that quote about Martha Burkha!

[Balata]

Bump for Rev. Peterson!

[buffyt]

I can't believe a black man wouldn't see discrmination when it is so evident. I have black ancestry. I remember when I was growing up the water fountains, there was one with a sign that said COLORED and another one that said WHITE. The restrooms in the local stores didn't have a sign that said MEN and WOMEN. The signs said COLORED and WHITE. When they were going to force the city to integrate the pool, they closed the swimming pool. Rosa Parks is my hero. I am dissappointed in Rev. Petersen on this one. I usually agree with him all the time. I still bear the scars of those water fountains, I knew I had a black slave ancestor named Rufus Hargrove. It just killed me. Not letting women join a damn golf club brings back the same pain.

[buffyt]

It wasn't too long ago that blacks were not allowed to play tennis or golf at all. They have come a long way baby. They used to have a separate baseball league. How soon we all forget. It is only OK to discriminate against women now.

[abigail2]

BIG FREEDOM BOND BUMP

[janetgreen]

BUMP for Jesse Petersen. It's not clear to me why a woman wants to join a man's golf association anyway when there are women's golf associations. I say let the guys have their own club if they want to.

[cyborg]

I think this is a bit different. This is a private golf club. However, they do have a lot of female guests. Martha Burke said herself that a lot of business contacts are made on the golf course. I wonder if her motivation isn't about women but for money. If it was a public institution that would be different.

With regards to other things you've said. I'm glad I wasn't born in the South during that time. Actually I wouldn't have been born... no mixed race marriages allowed. I'm glad I wasn't born during that time ANYWHERE in the country.

[abigail2]

I think it's just woman's jealousy of men.

[abigail2]

Hi janetgreen!

[cyborg]

To be quite honest, I think she's after the power and corporate sway of a CEO. Most CEOs are men and so you are right in many ways. Why is this such an issue now? She and others have tried to rope Tiger Woods into this and he hasn't fallen for it. After his statements about state's rights, his ethnicity, playing golf, and letting Hootie decide, that pretty much left them without a horse to ride in on.

[abigail2]

Maybe you're right. Thanks for the infor.

[janetgreen]

Hi Abigail! Thanks for keeping us up to date on what Jesse Petersen is doing.