Being Gay and Greek

[DeltAlum]

To quote UNFSigmaChi:

"I just don't feel they deserve to be in my fraternity is all. So unless your a sigma chi you can't tell me im wrong. Your not going to change how I feel on this matter either. You say im wrong but what makes you think your not wrong???? And don't say that being diverse in race and sexual orientation is the same thing because its not."

So what's wrong with that? A lack of reason or reasons.

Words like "they" and "deserve" as used in the first sentence above are indicative of the attitude that bothers me. I believe that they show a basic lack of respect. Perhaps they aren't meant to, but they do to me.

When I was trained as a diversity instructor for a national television network, we were taught by definition that diversity includes race, religion, national origin, age, gender and sexual orientation, among other things. Are they the same things? Maybe not, but they're still part of diversity.

Do I have to be a member of Sigma Chi to understand that some people may be misinformed or possibly incorrect? I don't think so.

A chapter may decide not to include gay members if they want to, but no matter how you look at it, that's discrimination -- just as surely as if it chose not to include blacks or Asians or other identifiable group. No matter what the reason -- religious or otherwise.

I'm not interested in changing his mind. I don't have the time or energy for that. I simply don't like what appear to me to be irrationalities in the argument.

Finally, the contraction for "you are" is "you're" -- not "your." Am I being picky? Well, it is part of our language. You're entitled to your opinion on that. See, there is a difference.