For my second current issue paper I decided to discuss the battle taking place between Augusta National Golf Club and the National Organization of Women (NOW). The women of NOW are demanding that Augusta National allow women to join the club, while the chairman of Augusta Hootie Johnson has said no. It has been a heated issue during the past months and has drawn national attention. I don’t believe that is should have gone this far as Augusta being a private club can choose who they want in their club.
Women should be treated as fairly as men, blacks as fairly as whites and so on. I am for equal rights and everything it represents but sometimes a cause gets lost in the confusion and I believe this is one of those ti
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The essence of a private club is privacy. The other is a world-class sports event. Augusta may throw a few fund raisers now and then but the fact still remains that it is a private club for the sole use of it’s members and their guests, which can be men or women. That alone should be the sole concern of the NOW organization. The members themselves pay dues and whatever to keep the golf course and the Masters golf tournament running. “ Men and women can play the course as guests of members…women play hundreds of rounds each year…” said Mr. Maybe one day Augusta will allow women as members but that time is up to them. As Hootie Johnson said, “ Augusta National and The Masters are quite different. It just so happens to be a stop on the PGA schedule each year. How can that make sense? Because a group of women decide that it is not “fair” that Agusta ban the membership of women the continuation of one of the most prestigious golf tournaments in the world is being put in jeopardy. Augusta does not ban women from their golf course.
I really don’t believe that this should be an issue to the NOW women as many other issues involving women are out there that need addressing.
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