Editing Loyal Order of Moose (section)

===Racial discrimination===
Old National Moose Lodge bylaws restricted membership in this men's club to white people.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Law: Other Decisions |url= http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,906111,00.html |magazine=Time |date=26 June 1972}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Beeferman |first1=Larry W. |title=Images of the Citizen and the State: Resolving the Paradox of Public and Private Power in Constitutional Law |date=1996 |publisher=University Press of America |isbn=9780761802327 |pages=132 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1= Karpatkin |first1= Marvin |title=Support for the right to exclude |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/18/archives/support-for-the-right-to-exclude-clubs.html |work=The New York Times |date=June 18, 1972 |pages=6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date = January 2, 1969 | newspaper = The Pittsburgh press |first = Patrick | last= Boyle | title= Refused food at Moose, Irvis to fight race ban| page = 2 |url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/148025284/}}</ref> In 1972, [[K. Leroy Irvis]], an African-American member of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]], was invited to visit a lodge in Harrisburg by a member as a guest. The lodge dining room refused to serve Irvis on account of his race. Irvis sued the [[Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board]] in federal court, arguing that the issuance of a liquor license to an organization with racially discriminatory policies constituted an illegal [[state action]].<ref name=ruling>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/529405662/ Stays Liquor License Ruling]". ''The Tribune'' (Scranton, Pennsylvania). p. 10.</ref> A Pennsylvania court ruled in Irvis' favor.<ref name=ruling /> The case was ultimately appealed to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]], which ruled that Irvis lacked standing to sue based on membership and that state was not involved in the discriminatory guest practices to qualify as a state action prohibited by the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourteenth Amendment]].<ref>''Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis'' [https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/407/163/ 407 U.S. 163] (1972)</ref><ref>{{cite journal| title=Going Public with Discriminating Private Clubs| journal = Fordham Urban Law Journal| volume =3 |number=2 |date = 1975 |pages= 289–309| first=Tina L.| last= Wellner| url =https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1458&context=ulj}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Basic Equal Protection Analysis |url=https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1787&context=lawreview |first=Russell W. |last=Galloway Jr. |journal=Santa Clara Law Review |volume=29 |number=1 |year=1989 |access-date=February 8, 2021}}</ref>

In 1994, a Moose Lodge in [[Hagerstown, Maryland]], denied membership based on race. Officials at Moose International took action and revoked the charter of the Moose Lodge.<ref name= montgomery>{{Cite news |last=Montgomery |first=David |date=February 25, 1994 |title= Moose Lodge That Rejected Black Applicant Loses Charter |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1994/02/25/moose-lodge-that-rejected-black-applicant-loses-charter/2c05d318-c2b8-4be6-89ae-003b9b712fb6/ |access-date= April 11, 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>