lol@my college (serious topic)

[Westyle]

I go to Chowan University in North Carolina. This is a private college as well as a Christian college (that could stand to do some major remodeling, some of these buildings are disgusting.) Now I am not a strongly religious individual but if people are then that's fine with me as long you're not imposing.

The other day I noticed this e-mail sent to all students:

CHOWAN UNIVERSITY'S
Gay-Straight Alliance
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Attention Chowan Students!!

Some other students and I are interested in starting a GSA here on the Chowan campus! Anyone and everyone is invited to join, regardless of orientation. If enough people are interested, we will definitely do what we can to get one started here. For more information, please contact me or Lauren Rodil.

Here are our campus emails. They are checked frequently, so don't hesitate to email either of us!

(e-mails edited out by me)

Looking forward to hearing from you!

- (name edited also)

Interesting. I wouldn't join because its a matter that I don't really care but its cool if people want to have it.
However, the next day this e-mail was sent out by one of the higher ups in the office at our school:

Yesterday, several students brought an e-mail to me regarding the intent to establish a “Gay-Straight Alliance” at Chowan University. I want to make it clear that this e-mail was sent without authorization. Furthermore such an organization has not and will not gain university recognition.
In November, 2005 the Board of Trustees adopted the following policy, “Chowan University, as a Christian institution that enjoys a historical as well as current relationship with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, recognizes the worth and value of all people as created in God’s image. All individuals are loved by God and as such are valued within the community of Chowan University. The university cannot however support or condone lifestyles among members of its community that it deems are inconsistent with Biblical principles and the mission and/or values of the university or the Baptist State Convention.”
The university views the establishment of a Gay-Straight Alliance to be in violation of the spirit and letter of the Board of Trustees policy.
If you have questions about this matter I would be pleased to discuss them with you.

Wow... way to go guys. Now this issue doesn't really affect me, I don't believe I've ever met a gay person face to face. But this is just wrong. How can this college ever expect to grow with such narrow views? Don't they understand that it is things like this that makes people look down on Christianity so much? They need to modernize their views and stop living in the dark ages. But nothing can be done about it, its a private college, meaning the government really has no say on its policies.
Also the booklets for the school states that they accept all people regardless of race, sexual orientation, etc. To allow homosexuals into the college and then force them to keep their lifestyle to their self is simply hypocritical.

I must say that I'm tad amazed actually.

 

[Mattaru]

Well it is a Baptist run private college, so I am not so shocked. Nonetheless, this kind of thing is always disheartening.

 

[Westyle]

Well it is a Baptist run private college, so I am not so shocked. Nonetheless, this kind of thing is always disheartening.

I'm not that shocked either, but for them to do it so blatantly just doesn't seem right.

 

[RoM]

Private colleges aren't obligated to recognize or support any of the groups on campus really, being that it's a religious college also this shouldn't be too much of a shock. To continue on down the garden path North Carolina is still technicly in the south, we don't get it much better in TN.

Sounds to me like if nothing else it's a CYA move so they don't end up on the news local or otherwise.

 

[Elpon]

All individuals are loved by God and as such are valued within the community of Chowan University. The university cannot however support or condone lifestyles among members of its community that it deems are inconsistent with Biblical principles and the mission and/or values of the university or the Baptist State Convention

And people wonder why I became a Buddhist.

 

[Canitoch]

Kinda off topic, but I'm so sick of people who are Catholic (or whatever) saying homosexuality is wrong, cause it says so in the bible!!!!

I've checked the bible, so far NOTHING HAS STOOD OUT TO ME THAT SAYS ITS WRONG!!

The only thing I've read is that, its wrong if your doing premarital sex, not the orientation, but how you live your life. It's the same for everybody!! The bible says that its wrong to have premarital sex.


Some men like men, o lawd! Demons! Burn them! Some women like women, HAWT!!!111 >_>

Sorry this really bugs me, and I wish people would grow up and stop acting like children and realize that it doesn't fucking matter about what orientation you are. Ugh, -_-

 

[RoM]

Kinda off topic, but I'm so sick of people who are Catholic (or whatever) saying homosexuality is wrong, cause it says so in the bible!!!!

I've checked the bible, so far NOTHING HAS STOOD OUT TO ME THAT SAYS ITS WRONG!!

The only thing I've read is that, its wrong if your doing premarital sex, not the orientation, but how you live your life. It's the same for everybody!! The bible says that its wrong to have premarital sex.


Some men like men, o lawd! Demons! Burn them! Some women like women, HAWT!!!111 >_>

Sorry this really bugs me, and I wish people would grow up and stop acting like children and realize that it doesn't fucking matter about what orientation you are. Ugh, -_-

Not that i disagree but doing a little looking around i found and interesting article about what you're talking about and specific passage interpretations.. it's a good read if nothing else. Gives some good talking points if you happen to bump up against this sorta thing irl with someone who's not foaming at the mouth about it as many fundamentalists tend to do ><

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3205727.stm

 

[Blancho]

I doubt they know if the person is gay or not before they let them in, and if they could completely stop gays from joining I'm sure they would. I hate FAGS more then anything when I lived in the projects in D.C. we used to beat them up pull earings out of thier ears etc... WAY TO GO SCHOOL!

 

[Elpon]

Sadly it actually does say in the Bible it's wrong. These are some I found online.

Lev. 18:22
'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.

Lev. 20:13
'If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
(lol it'd be funny if they discover that 'lie' here doesn't mean sex but not telling the truth)
Romans 1:26-27
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion

I got sick of the message most Christian sects send: "GOD LOVES EVERYONE.....except you." I also grew tired of the sex scandals and how the church covered them up and just shipped the priests to different parishes. Way to go Catholic Church, just keep moving around those child molesters and everything will turn out fine!
The Catholic Church also allows gay priests but it's policy they treat homosexuality as a dieses that if they pray really really hard will just go away.
Finally, the straw the broke the camels back for me was the complete removal of Limbo. Right, because you need to gain numbers in Africa (which has the highest infant mortality rate in all the world) you can just remove a whole realm or dimension where those like babies go when they die? This is both wrong in the sense they were marketing Christianity this way AND the fact the removed it from thought. I just got sick of the hypocrisy.
Now, I don't believe we all need one religion. I think they all offer something to the table. The reason I became a Buddhist was because I agreed with more of what is taught and what makes us who we are. But I'm not a strict Buddhist in the least. I'm going to smoke, drink and have sex and whatever else I want when i diverge off the eight fold path. Pretty much whatever I did when I was a Catholic.

 

[Elpon]

I doubt they know if the person is gay or not before they let them in, and if they could completely stop gays from joining I'm sure they would. I hate FAGS more then anything when I lived in the projects in D.C. we used to beat them up pull earings out of thier ears etc... WAY TO GO SCHOOL!

If this isn't a joke, why do you hate them so much?

 

[Blancho]

If this isn't a joke, why do you hate them so much?

Not a joke. Thier fucking sick and need to be shot.

 

[Elpon]

Ok, sick, that's a start.
But is that really a reason to shoot someone? C'mon, what is it really about gay people you don't like. I want to know exactly what they do to make you feel this way.

 

[Claxton]

If they support gays they could get their funding yanked. Hell, Belmount is getting sued by for all the money they've ever been given by one church because they're now christian and not solely babtist.

 

[Westyle]

I wonder where all their 'funding' goes...
Obviously not towards improving the spider/roach infested 50 year old dorms, the roads full of pot holes, nor providing activities to the students in the dead ass town the college is in.

 

[Blancho]

Ok, sick, that's a start.
But is that really a reason to shoot someone? C'mon, what is it really about gay people you don't like. I want to know exactly what they do to make you feel this way.

What are you my fucking shrink? LOL Shit I'll bite on your bait... THIER FUCKING GAY. Imangine to yourself kissing another dude and if you don't throw up then ask yourself why you don't? Then imagine someones dick in your ass throwing up yet? how about in your mouth? You want to swallow some dude's cum? THIER FUCKING DESIESED.

 

[Elpon]

What are you my fucking shrink? LOL Shit I'll bite on your bait... THIER FUCKING GAY. Imangine to yourself kissing another dude and if you don't throw up then ask yourself why you don't? Then imagine someones dick in your ass throwing up yet? how about in your mouth? You want to swallow some dude's cum? THIER FUCKING DESIESED.

......you actually think about kissing guys and butt secks?

 

[Blancho]

No but it helps to make my point. It's an extreme example to get my point across to you.

 

[Blancho]

Anyways AFK goodnight. I'll check this tomarrow.

 

[RoM]

What are you my fucking shrink? LOL Shit I'll bite on your bait... THIER FUCKING GAY. Imangine to yourself kissing another dude and if you don't throw up then ask yourself why you don't? Then imagine someones dick in your ass throwing up yet? how about in your mouth? You want to swallow some dude's cum? THIER FUCKING DESIESED.

But hawt girl on girl action is A-OK i'm sure.... Can't have too many boobies in the bed.

The cool thing about other people being gay and me not being gay is i don't have to bother with the perscribed above.. that's their bag, see also none of my fucking business.

I happen to think eating chicken off the bone is disgusting ... so i don't concern myself with chicken on the bone. However i'm not about to recommend someone go mow down the local KFC.

 

[Elpon]

No but it helps to make my point. It's an extreme example to get my point across to you.

Whatever you say. By asking me those questions it's obvious to see you have thought about them yourself. In great detail.
I'm not here to be a shrink, I'm here to make you think. So far from what I see I could guess your just afraid of getting raped by some gay dude. You attack them before they attack you. Maybe you should carry pepper spray with you just in case.