Gay Bashing

[john1082]

I believe that the words used above are very appropriate. Unfortunately, I don't know if a random insertion into the C & C would be possible - or persuasive!

This is great language - and I get paid for being persuasive and using language, and I know good language when I see it!! Perhaps in a policy statement from the Grand High Alpha that was then published in the C & C.

We understand the meaning of the phrase, but we must also acknowledge that those words would be merely that - just words - in some parts of the country. We must admit to ourselves that the ritual does not differentiate between individuals of different faiths, colors, religions, or preferences. We are brothers - that says it all. The days of discrimination, of barring those men who because of the color of their skin or religious beliefs were found to be 'different', are past.

I cannot suggest that I would understand all the emotions in play with respect to a brother who was gay. I cannot pretend to do so. But I can accept him as the brothers in his own Zeta did. We cannot second guess our brothers. If he was accepted and initiated by our brothers, we cannot speak against him, and indeed, we must embrace him, as a brother.