Posted on 08/25/2023 5:34:06 PM PDT by CFW
From Westenbroek v. Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, decided today by Judge Alan Johnson (D. Wyo.) (the defendant is, for historical reasons, labeled a "fraternity," but today it would be described as a sorority):
"Embittered by their chapter's admission of Artemis Langford, a transgender woman, six KKG sisters at the University of Wyoming sue their national sorority and its president. Plaintiffs, framing the case as one of first impression, ask the Court to, inter alia, void their sorority sister's admission, find that KKG's President violated her fiduciary obligations by betraying KKG's bylaws, and prevent other transgender women from joining KKG nationwide. A "woman", say Plaintiffs, is not a transgender woman.
Unadorned, this case condenses to this: who decides whether Langford is a Kappa Kappa Gamma sister? Though given the opportunity to vote this past fall, not the six Plaintiffs. Not KKG's Fraternity Council. Not even this federal Court. The University of Wyoming chapter voted to admit—and, more broadly, a sorority of hundreds of thousands approved—Langford. With its inquiry beginning and ending there, the Court will not define "woman" today. The delegate of a private, voluntary organization interpreted "woman", otherwise undefined in the non-profit's bylaws, expansively; this Judge may not invade Kappa Kappa Gamma's freedom of expressive association and inject the circumscribed definition Plaintiffs urge. Holding that Plaintiffs fail to plausibly allege their derivative, breach of contract, tortious interference, and direct claims, the Court dismisses, without prejudice, Plaintiffs' causes of action…."
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
Huh?
“On October 22, 1985, Johnson was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming created by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1985, and received his commission on December 17, 1985. He served as Chief Judge from 1992 to 1999.[1] As of 2023, he remains the last judge appointed by a Republican president to the District of Wyoming.”
Stupid ass judge! Fine, change the bylaws to define a woman as having lady parts and two X chromsomes and repeat the exercise. Or just shut the damn sorority down and live in the dorms.
Either way, he should have retired for good years ago.
****after checking****
Holy carp! He hasn't even taken senior status yet, at 84 years old!
He thinks well of himself.
The shaving twice a day routine and being able to bite the caps off beer bottles threw them off. And the arm wrestling championship victories over the fraternity guys in the bar Saturday nights, too.
I’ve seen the photos. He’s quite the portly fellow.
He will be such a hottie at the keg party tonight with the Delts.
I’d be asking daddy if any of gis remote biz associates would make this guy disappear.
That’s exactly what needs to happen
First, a discussion and some “friendly advice”; then violence so extreme that the mere suggestion of another visit will make suicide seem preferable
No one gets to enslave others; without lethal consequences
I’m sorry, but the judge is right.
No one but the sorority should have the power to define membership in the sorority.
If you can’t convince the sorority, join a different sorority. Or start your own.
Now if you were to start your own sorority, and restricted membership to actual women, someone sued, and the judge were to rule that you had to admit trans, I’d say the same - the judge should have no power to determine membership requirements for what a free association.
Ironic that the sign hanging behind them says “...mental health” when clearly the sexual pervert is mentally ill.
Must be che3ap to be a member nowadays, they can’t afford a good pair of jeans!
(And, at least in Texas, I don’t remember so many big posteriors when I was that young.)
It is backwards from when you are I were youths. Holes in your jeans is a sign of wealth. My mother would have put patches on half of them.
Lol.. I remember the iron on patches.. ;^)
Look at all those stupid white girls.
Looks like the set of a Russ Meyer movie.
Man, they’ve all got the same dentist!
And orthodontist.
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