Name:   copperline - Subject:   No women members Date:   4/5/2012 5:18:25 PM

it is a private club, but also a large enough institution in the community that can cast it's shadow on the local economy.   Seems like sexual discrimination to me.  And i think you could argue that this has a negative economic influence on specific individuals in a community.   Membership in these country clubs has beneficial economic effects because they offer businessmen the opportunity to mingle, increase informal business contacts, and enhanced opportunities for forming new businesses.   Why would you want to systematically exclude females from that?