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Really, it all depends on the campus climate. If people there are generally prejudiced towards homosexuals, the Greeks will be too. If the campus is generally tolerant, the Greeks usually are as well. As GeekyPenguin said, most of the Wisconsin campuses are fairly liberal, and I know there's at least one fraternity man out here at Wisconsin, and most of the Greek organizations have been supportive. The same goes for the University of Minnesota, where I went last year -- there were at least two or three gay fraternity men who felt comfortable enough to share their "coming out to their fraternity" stories with the campus newspaper. They all said they were scared to come out, but once they did, their brothers hugged them and told them that they were supportive.
Unfortunately, there DOES seem to be a higher percentage of homophobes in the Greek community than in the rest of the world. But there are usually, at any campus, a number of Greek organizations that are accepting of alternative sexualities. I know that personally, I've NEVER heard one of my sisters say anything disparaging about homosexuals, and I can't imagine most -- if any -- of the other sorority girls here saying anything either.
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