Why should Augusta stay segregated?
The defenses so far:
1) Tradition
Tradition isn’t a reason for continuing discriminatory practices. Not admitting African-Americans was tradition too.
2) There are more important issues
There are always more important issues to almost any single problem. This is on the agenda.
3) Legal Right
I have a legal right to be an asshole and practice that right quite frequently. However, that is not a defense of my behavior.
4) Other groups are segregated
Yes, and they should either integrate or they are substantially different. Augusta is a rich guy networking club. I find no reason why it shouldn’t be a rich person networking club. What is it about networking and being chums that requires segregation by gender?