Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore have accepted membership invitations to Augusta National Golf Club. They will become the first women members in the clubs 80 history when they put on the green jackets this fall.
"This is a joyous occasion," Augusta National chairman Billy Payne said Monday.
The move likely ends a debate that intensified in 2002 when Martha Burk of the National Council of Women's Organizations urged the club to include women among its members. Former club chairman Hootie Johnson stood his ground, even at the cost of losing Masters television sponsors for two years, when he famously said Augusta National might one day have a woman in a green jacket, "but not at the point of a bayonet."
Billy Payne took over chairmanship of Augusta National in 2006 at the retirement of Hootie Johnson.
Moore and Johnson are close friends, both with roots in South Carolina and banking, and the person said Payne and Johnson agreed on the timing of a female member. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the club typically does not discuss membership issues, said it was important to Payne to be respectful of the membership process. The person said prospective members often are not aware they are being considered.
Augusta National is the home of the prestigious Masters Golf Tournament that is played each year in April.
Great.
Now, maybe men can join the taxpayer funded Planned Parenthood, Title IX, WIC, and Alien Spouse (Mail Order Bride), "benifits" clubs.
I didn't even know that Condi was an avid golfer!
It has been my observation that once ANY organisation dramatically veres from it's
original premise, and "accomidates" outliers in the name of "diversity", it's a SURE bellwhether of the beginning of the end, as well as co-option by folks with nefarious ends in mind.
SEE:
The Constitution
The Department of Justice
The United Nations
Of course, I could be wrong....
Posted by: CaptDMO | August 22, 2012 at 03:30 PM