Posted on 08/16/2023 4:35:37 PM PDT by simpson96
A University of Wyoming sorority has hit back at members who complained about a trans woman being accepted into their local chapter — insisting the term “woman” is “unquestionably open to many interpretations.”
Seven sorority sisters from the Kappa Kappa Gamma sued the sorority in March, saying that the chapter violated its own rules by admitting Artemis Langford last year.
Six of the women then refiled the lawsuit in May after a judge twice barred them from suing anonymously.
The lawsuit claimed Langford’s presence in the Kappa Kappa Gamma house made some sorority members uncomfortable.
It alleged that the trans pledge would sit on a couch for hours while “staring at them without talking.”
On Tuesday, Kappa Kappa Gamma filed a motion to dismiss the suit, claiming that it is a “frivolous” attempt to kick Langford out for “their own political purposes.”
The motion also suggested the complaining members resign from the sorority if its “position of inclusion” is “too offensive” for them.
“Plaintiffs request the Court to insert itself into this controversial political debate and declare that a private organization can only interpret the term ‘woman’ using Plaintiffs’ exclusionary definition of biologically born females,” the motion, obtained by The Post, reads.
“Kappa defines its membership in its position statement adopted in 2015 as individuals who identify as women,” it continues.
“Plaintiffs cannot identify any bylaw, standing rule, or policy that prohibits Kappa from taking this position, and the term is unquestionably open to multiple interpretations.”
The sorority’s membership policy also mirrors those of the 25 other sororities in the National Panhellenic Conference, the umbrella organization for sororities in the US and Canada, according to the filing.(snip)
In March, Kari Kittrell Poole, the sorority’s executive director, said the members’ complaint contains “numerous false allegations,” but did not specify them.
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Stop repeating this lie.
He said he would respect the laws of the country. The laws of the country allowed transgenders to participate.
I bet you think Sarah Palin could see Russia from her house, too.
But “someone with a mental problem” has only one interpretation.
Wow, some real cuties in the pic.
The Orange blob though reminds me of a frat bro who would do anything to get into a sorority house on a Friday night. LOL
Moreover, those girls are not right mentally for allowing this to happen. I hate these woke idiots.
‘It’ has been accused of getting an erection, using a pillow in its lap to hid a possible erection and of staring silently at the females.
Buffalo Bill has no place in the midst of females.
hard to feel bad about greek life trouble
Will be curious how they do in Rush this year.
I dont understand how that THING got in to begin with, typically a vote to accept a pledge has to be unanimous
She can have it as far as I am concerned.
I think people such as Artemis just need to start disappearing... if you get my meaning.
What I’ve heard, they were told to accept him from National.
Greek life is huge in Alabama and both Auburn and Tuscaloosa have mega-sized sororities and fraternities. I always thought them superficial and trite. “The best friends money can buy” is what many of us said of the Panhellenic Council types. Back in the ‘80s while doing some irregular post-graduate work at the University of Alabama, my project for film making class was (real celluloid film in those days) poking fun of Greek life on campus.
These days my position has shifted a bit because the frats and sororities do uphold certain traditions. The girls wear dresses for many events and are, on average, more conservative than the independents. Many frat boys are painstakingly polite and fairly aware of the Left’s power on campus.
Still, I was a Chi Rho (College Republican but those letters also stand for the first two letters in Christ’s name in Greek). I was YAF chairman at Tuscaloosa which was William F. Buckley’s Young Americans for Freedom. The April Fool’s edition of the Crimson White called us “YAF — Youth Against Fagotry).
The good news is, I got you a date with a Kappa Kappa Gamma.
The bad news...
I don’t see him in pictures on Kappa’s Instagram.
This is Wyoming! Republican territory!
This sorority will wither away. No new members will join the next year.
Alternatively, I can’t recall reading about a woman transitioning to a man, who wanted to join a fraternity.
If I was a feminist, I’d be furious at how this sort of thing always puts women on the defensive. It’s always some guy crashing the girl party.
And yet, crickets. So much for feminism.
That’s revolting. You know you want to laugh, don’t resist.
if ‘woman’ is open to interpretation ‘unquestionably’ then ‘sorority’ is open to interpretation ‘unquestionably!” and we say that this is not a sorority and should be disbanded or face fines and punishment!
Lol
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