http://news.bostonherald.com/localPolitics/view.bg?articleid=121646
U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy — who ripped Supreme Court nominee Samuel
Alito for ties to a group that discriminates against women — says he’s
going to quit a club notorious for discriminating against women “as fast
as I can.”
Kennedy was outed by conservatives late last week as a current
member of The Owl Club, a social club for Harvard alumni that bans women
from membership.
In an interview with WHDH Channel 7’s Andy Hiller that aired last
night, Kennedy said, “I joined when I . . . 52 years ago, I was a member
of the Owl Club, which was basically a fraternal organization.”
Asked by Hiller whether he is still a member, Kennedy said, “I’m not
a member; I continue to pay about $100.”
He then said of being a member in a club that discriminates against
women, “I shouldn’t be and I’m going to get out of it as fast as I can.”
The Harvard Crimson reports that, in 1984, the university severed
ties with clubs like the Owl, citing a federal law championed by
Kennedy.
Meanwhile, Kennedy admitted to Hiller that he himself probably
couldn’t pass Judiciary Committee muster.
“Probably not . . . probably not,” Kennedy said.
The committee will vote on Alito’s nomination on Jan. 24, and the
full Senate will begin debate the next day. Senate Majority Leader Bill
Frist, R-Tenn., said he looks forward to a “fair up-or-down vote.”
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Fred Stone
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