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Originally Posted by IOTA-4A'88F
>>>IT DON'T MATTER<<<
As long as HE/SHE has a good heart, a sense of pride in what HE/SHE live for and a strong character for service then why separate one from the other.
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It's not that simple, especially when the pride associated with being an out-the-closet homosexual is considered shameful by heterosexuals.
Being gay isn't just what you do in the bedroom. Straight people convince themselves of that in an effort to be pseudo-tolerant. Gay people concince themselves of that because of self-hatred and shame. Being gay is about love (something straight Greeks bring to the table when wearing their wedding band or talking about a date), a social life (differences in where one might club), political activism and social action (gay black pride festivals), and other nuanced differences between straight and gay people which makes us different, yet equal in the eyes of brotherhood (in my opinion).
I think if we took the same attitude that you expressed above, we wouldn't need chapters like Dr. Parks'. But we do, because of the virulent homophobia that is rampant in black fraternities. Perhaps this chapter will get conversation going -- a much needed dialogue between people who are really about brotherhood.
I really do hear what you are saying in essence, though.
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