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Originally posted by The Cushite
This is the problem that I have with the "normalizing" tactic that I noted earlier with the gay rights movement. Let me state for the record that I think that there are both civil and moral issues that affect the gay rights movement. As citizens, they deserve the same rights as any law abiding citizen in the U.S. As moral agents, they have no more of a right to tell me that Homosexuality is not a sin as I have to tell them that it is (in other words, that issue is up for critical debate, which on some level will never be resolved, so at best, we would probably have to agree to disagree).
Seeing that this last point is crucial, one has to come to terms of how much do you respect the fraternity if you are not willing to acknowledge that being a homosexual in the fraternity is a very small minority and that this is the true reality of the frat? Again, this question goes to the heart of how much you care about the perception of the fraternity. Now, I don't think that the fraternity should be perceived as a "Gay" fraternity because of a few openly gay brothers, but I would hope that the gay brothers would respect the fraternity enough to publicly proclaim the reality of the fraternity, that there are very few homosexual brothers and that the fraternity as a whole has nothing about it that affirms homosexuality. As I stated before, nothing in the constitution or bylaws states that Alpha Phi Alpha affirms homosexuality, so there is no need to have the fraternity perceived as such. Now, should we affirm it, that is up for debate. Until we have that debate; brothers, gay or straight, should respect the fraternity enough to allow for the fraternity to be perceived in the truest "light" as possible. While doing so, if a gay brother wants to have a debate about the issue, then let's have that debate in house.
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Given that most of the men on my father's side are Alpha men, I am well aware of what Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. does in the community and his capacity is far reaching. What goes behind the scenes in closed door meetings are unknownst to me and neither to I want to know...
And I also think that you cannot serve two masters in this instance... Regardless what you THINK about homosexuality, reality states it is not up to you... It ultimately up to God to that decision...
I do not want to debate on the moral issues because that is not my forte and I do not want to... And I also think that as a human being, your Sensuret I brother, was expressing his true feelings about life and Alpha, where he got them smashed by his very fraternity brothers... In fact the fraternity brothers he looks up to... He thought he could be welcomed wherever he goes, without judgement of who he is... And he thinks he has gotten "jaded" by the "Jewels"... And what is wrong with this picture???
And really, who cares WHAT the preception of the fraternity is when they are really doing what they are suppose to be doing... I say the same thing about my Sorority... It is by our acts that we do that we will be judged...
All we can do is strive to do the best that we can do and make a difference wherever we can... And possibly leave this world a little better off than how we found it...