Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been threatening to quit the Minnesota State Bar Association for years but chickened out because I get my life insurance through them and I must remain a member to keep the insurance. But I recently got insurance through AAA \u2013 I don\u2019t need MSBA anymore. And from the way they act, they don\u2019t need me, either.<\/p>\n
When I joined, the Bar Association was a trade organization devoted to helping members be better lawyers. In the past 30 years, it has drifted leftward into Social Justice activism. That\u2019s not why I joined.<\/p>\n
I was especially pissed the leadership of the MSBA agitated for gay marriage, taking it upon themselves to speak in my name without ever asking the membership for a vote. <\/p>\n
In the March issue of Bench and Bar, the President reports MSBA has decided it should elevate its commitment to diversity and inclusion. MSBA hired a Diversity Director and starting this Spring, will be asking renewing members to self-identify on their online member profiles in four additional areas: Gender (male, female, transgender\/gender non-conforming); Race; Sexual Orientation (straight, gay, or bi); and Disability. MSBA hopes collecting this information will quantify areas of disparity and provide concrete evidence for leaders to address inequities based on fact, not anecdote or conjecture. <\/p>\n
None of this is any of their business, but if that\u2019s where the organization wants to go, so be it. I don\u2019t need to wait for the survey, I can tell you right now the MSBA has too many straight White cismales. Some of them need to quit. <\/p>\n
Glad to be of service.<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Because privilege!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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