[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 23, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                                 RACISM

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                        HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 23, 1994

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, again I must rise to speak out against 
racism. Last Wednesday night, February 16, 1994, members of the 
Hagerstown Moose Lodge overwhelmingly, by a 52-19 vote, rejected a 
black man's application for membership.
  Moose International has close to 2 million members. The Hagerstown 
Moose Lodge has about 8,000 members, making it the largest Moose Lodge 
in the world.
  This Hagerstown lodge vote indicates that hatred and bigotry are 
still prevalent in our communities and in our country. Discrimination 
by private clubs on the basis of race, religion, or gender should be 
denounced by all people. The public should not sit idle and accept such 
racist actions.
  We must all continue to condemn such racism. Prejudicial actions, 
just like hate speech, cannot be tolerated in our society.

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