I would like to hear some of your advice on this particular subject. My fraternity is the newest on our campus and I feel that even though we have been installed and are fully accepted we still need to fight to be accepted by the other greek organizations. I feel that we are at a particularly vital crossroads right now and the decisions we make will have a lasting impact on the longevity and success of our fraterinty.
First off I have to say that I love all my brothers equally and will fight to defend each and everyone to the end. My dilema is that we have a few of brothers who are openly gay (I am fine with that), they are great guys and contribute greatly to the fraternity and to the school. The problem is that many of their other homosexual friends are seeing the fact that our fraternity has gay members and see our fraternity as a place where they can belong. Again I have no problem with some of our brothers being gay, but I am concerned with the possible effects that accepting any new members who are openly gay may pose on our future. I do have a problem with some flamboyant behavior that has existed and may result from an increasing population of homosexual brothers. I so do not want to see my fraternity turned into a gay dating organization or losing good members because of this issue. I am concerned with our reputation with the other greeks as well as what it will do to potentials that may be swayed to join another fraternity solely on this fact. I want my fraternity to continue to grow and become a greek organization that can build young men based on the principles of our founders.
How can I go about expressing my beliefs to my brothers without upsetting the balance and sense of community that we have built. I have spoken with several of our straight brothers privately and they have expressed the same thoughts that I have. We dont want to hurt anyones feelings, but we do want to do what is right for the fraternity.
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