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In reply to the discussion: Why Would a Millennial Become a Priest or a Nun? [View all]MellowDem
(5,018 posts)39. But that's a poor rationale...
If a explicitly discriminatory institution does a lot of good works elsewhere, so what? How is that a good reason to join them? There are many institutions that do the same work without it, so go through those organizations.
Lots of discriminatory organizations, the KKK included, do good works. Does that make them more legitimate in our mind? It shouldn't.
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