Hi Nicolas, I appreciate the thoughtful response. Going back to the points (a little further up the thread) made by Evan, the > ALAC liaison, on whether or not policy perspective has, should have, or > could have an appropriate role to play in such a discriminating scheme. In > principle, most working sets of political groupings form around *both* 1) a > recognized set of functionally equivalent entities AND 2) an admitted > *perspective* on (good) policy positions in a policy area or set of policy > areas. Think political parties. So, on the merits, it is in no way > objectively undemocratic nor otherwise reprehensible to discriminate on the > basis of some article of political faith of a given grouping. Could be > basic human rights, could be anything. > For what it's worth, I don't like purity tests applied within political parties, either. There are other points to make .... but, as a mere liaison, I really should step back from a debate that isn't mine. Apologies to anyone who took offence. - Evan