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FORT WORTH, Texas — Eight students have signed up for Texas Christian University's designated on-campus housing for gay students and their supporters, in what may be the only such college housing in North Texas.

The DiversCity Q community will open in the fall in a section of the Tom Brown-Pete Wright apartments. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender students and allies — heterosexual classmates who support them — will have the chance to live together, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported in a story posted Tuesday on its Web site.

"It's a chance for students to be part of a unique experience," said David Cooper, TCU associate director for residential life.



http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513382,00.html
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By RubberMallet
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i bet the building will get all stinky
By 4everfsu
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Maybe it will give new meaning to HORNED frogs
By ALUmnus
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Their allies and supporters :roll: I guess this is where Rick Warren will stay when he visits campus.
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By rueful
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There was dancing, decorations, adult chaperones, the basics of any high school dance, except this one was different. On February 20th Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Il held their first gay dance.
http://www.meefers.com/review.asp?id=618

Only place I could find it was some gay straight alliance website, so its a pretty flaming article. But basically, one of the highschools close to where I live back home had a gay only valentines day dance. They promoted it by saying only gay people and our supporters. Can you imagine if the straight straight alliance held a normal people only dance? Besides that, if you want respect, face your opponents, dont just kick them out of your flaming dances
By ATrain
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rueful wrote:
There was dancing, decorations, adult chaperones, the basics of any high school dance, except this one was different. On February 20th Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Il held their first gay dance.
http://www.meefers.com/review.asp?id=618

Only place I could find it was some gay straight alliance website, so its a pretty flaming article. But basically, one of the highschools close to where I live back home had a gay only valentines day dance. They promoted it by saying only gay people and our supporters. Can you imagine if the straight straight alliance held a normal people only dance? Besides that, if you want respect, face your opponents, dont just kick them out of your flaming dances
Are you saying gay people aren't normal?
By Hold My Own
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:popcorn
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By rueful
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ATrain wrote:
rueful wrote:
There was dancing, decorations, adult chaperones, the basics of any high school dance, except this one was different. On February 20th Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Il held their first gay dance.
http://www.meefers.com/review.asp?id=618

Only place I could find it was some gay straight alliance website, so its a pretty flaming article. But basically, one of the highschools close to where I live back home had a gay only valentines day dance. They promoted it by saying only gay people and our supporters. Can you imagine if the straight straight alliance held a normal people only dance? Besides that, if you want respect, face your opponents, dont just kick them out of your flaming dances
Are you saying gay people aren't normal?
no im more saying its implied by some of the advertising the group did on campus that the normal people couldnt come, it was just for the gays. I have several homosexual friends, and homosexuality is not a disease or handicap or anything like that. Just going off what friends of mine who go to the school had to say about it
By LUconn
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I would say normalcy starts at around 15%. Just an arbitrary number that I picked. Are gays above or below that percentage?
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By Rockthejungle
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What does God say about homosexuality?That is the only opinion that counts.
By ATrain
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rueful wrote:
ATrain wrote:
rueful wrote: http://www.meefers.com/review.asp?id=618

Only place I could find it was some gay straight alliance website, so its a pretty flaming article. But basically, one of the highschools close to where I live back home had a gay only valentines day dance. They promoted it by saying only gay people and our supporters. Can you imagine if the straight straight alliance held a normal people only dance? Besides that, if you want respect, face your opponents, dont just kick them out of your flaming dances
Are you saying gay people aren't normal?
no im more saying its implied by some of the advertising the group did on campus that the normal people couldnt come, it was just for the gays. I have several homosexual friends, and homosexuality is not a disease or handicap or anything like that. Just going off what friends of mine who go to the school had to say about it
Ok, thanks for clarifying
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By RagingTireFire
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So TCU is building a "gay ghetto". Nice.
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By RubberMallet
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i prefer "gay quarantine"
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By flames1971
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You know, its really sad, especially since it is a "Christian" university
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By Kolzilla41
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flames1971 wrote:You know, its really sad, especially since it is a "Christian" university
The only thing really Christian about the TCU is in the name.
By GoUNCA
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flamerbob wrote:
flames1971 wrote:You know, its really sad, especially since it is a "Christian" university
The only thing really Christian about the TCU is in the name.
It's affiliated with Disciples of Christ institution, much like Duke is affiliated with Methodists/Quakers. The individual church positions on homosexuality vary from church to church because they are fairly decentralized.
Rockthejungle wrote:What does God say about homosexuality?That is the only opinion that counts.
Yeah! And NO Females teaching Sunday school either!
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By ToTheLeft
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GoUNCA wrote:
Rockthejungle wrote:What does God say about homosexuality?That is the only opinion that counts.
Yeah! And NO Females teaching Sunday school either!
Shhh. There's Baptists in these parts. :P
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By flames1971
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flamerbob wrote:
flames1971 wrote:You know, its really sad, especially since it is a "Christian" university
The only thing really Christian about the TCU is in the name.
I know- so sad these days :(
By JMUDukes
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flamerbob wrote:
flames1971 wrote:You know, its really sad, especially since it is a "Christian" university
The only thing really Christian about the TCU is in the name.
yup, pretty much
By jmdickens
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flamerbob wrote:
flames1971 wrote:You know, its really sad, especially since it is a "Christian" university
The only thing really Christian about the TCU is in the name.
There are students at TCU who call themselves christian, so don't type that.
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By matshark
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ATrain wrote:
rueful wrote:
There was dancing, decorations, adult chaperones, the basics of any high school dance, except this one was different. On February 20th Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Il held their first gay dance.
http://www.meefers.com/review.asp?id=618

Only place I could find it was some gay straight alliance website, so its a pretty flaming article. But basically, one of the highschools close to where I live back home had a gay only valentines day dance. They promoted it by saying only gay people and our supporters. Can you imagine if the straight straight alliance held a normal people only dance? Besides that, if you want respect, face your opponents, dont just kick them out of your flaming dances
Are you saying gay people aren't normal?
no, he's saying that they say they want to be treated equally but then hold politically agitating events for themselves and then would pitch a fit if the 'other side' did the exact same thing. he's merely pointing out the cognitive dissonance between what they say and what they do. (i.e. you can't have your c...uh, cake, and eat it too)
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By matshark
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speaking of Rick Warren, does anybody remember his $7 free book from a few years ago that every LU student ended up with for 'free' yet amazingly had a $7 charge on their student bill for?

Ah... the Worthless Driven Life...

Hmm... maybe I should write a book on Christianity while doing one thing and saying another, become a local or national celebrity, come up with a catchy saying even - which would further spur my popularity among the masses. then upon my popularity fading, or people finding out what i really think, i could always take a job as a president of some small christian college somewhere that might be in financial trouble and would welcome a semi-big name to the campus, where i would further enlarge my bankroll while really doing nothing of benefit for anyone or anything - institutions included. yes, this it seems is the aim of modern chri$tianity as a whole.

maybe that's why God said in revelation to one of the churches that they'd lost their first love....
By Ed Dantes
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Please do 1/100th of the things Rick Warren has done before criticizing him. Please raise 1/100th of the money that he has raised and donate it to fighting AIDS in Africa before calling him a hypocrite.
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By ToTheLeft
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Ed Dantes wrote:Please do 1/100th of the things Rick Warren has done before criticizing him. Please raise 1/100th of the money that he has raised and donate it to fighting AIDS in Africa before calling him a hypocrite.
But that's not what being a political Christian is about! It's about your image, not your actions!
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By ToTheLeft
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:roll:


^^ In case you didn't catch my sarcasm.
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