|  |     >>> When and how does an individuals or groups right to privacy
    infringe into or constitute discrimination ?
    
    A tough question that may best be discussed by breaking the question
    up. I'm going to approach it too from the view of a court
    decision, since this question sounds like a question of rights
    enumerated (at least in the United States) in the Constitution.
    
    Case: If a plaintiff brought a discrimination case to a court and the
    defendant (say, an organization or a group) argued that it was not 
    discrimination but the group's right to privacy that was preventing 
    the defendant from joining in or partaking in the activities of the 
    group, I would _guess_ that the court would have to decide:
    
    	o	Whether the group's right to privacy should legally 
    		prevent the defendant from joining the
    		group.   
                                                            
    	o	Or whether the group is violating Civil Right's laws.
    
    In this case, the proverbial `scales of justice' are used to weigh
    an individual (or a group)'s right to be a member of an organization,
    against the group's right to privacy.
    
    This is just my guess on how a court would treat the issue.
    
    I don't have a copy of the amendments here, but I'm pretty sure
    that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids a group to bar an
    individual from being a member on the basis of race, sex, or religion.
    
    If someone could list the particulars here, that would be helpful.
    
    Personally, I think one of the great things about the Constitution is 
    its insistence that individuals not be barred from taking part in the 
    activites of the _entire_ society. To be barred from a group is in a very
    real way to be denied a basic Constitutional right: the pursuit
    of happiness. 
    
    
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