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sr 6,1997 Monday • October 6, 1997 L The Battalion IFESTYLES Couple Continued from Page 3 Chad said the normal moments o(their relationship outnumber the fflird ones. “We like to do things everyone else does,” Chad said. “We watch sports, go to the gym, etc. We used to goto the (Dixie) Chicken a lot and Hurricane) Harry’s.” Brett said they are just like any touple in many respects. “We like to give each other gifts tndgo out for dinner,” Brett said. We try to set one night a v'eek ded icated for each other, a ‘date night.’ lie are both pretty busy with school and work.” Both are “out” to their families, utiich was a stressful time for them. Brett said he first revealed his ho mosexuality to his sister after a trip to a grocery store. “She said in the car, ‘Mom asked me if I thought you were gay,”’ Brett said. “I was shocked. She was the first person I told in my family.” After he met Chad, Brett revealed his homosexuality to his parents on Thanksgiving Day. “My mom was very cool with it, so was my dad,” Brett said. “However, my dad and I had a rocky relation ship when I was growing up. After I came out to them, my dad sent me a letter two weeks later that said he loved me very much and was proud of me and my accomplishments. I thank God for that.” Chad said his mother asked if he was gay. “Somehow moms have a way of knowing,” Chad said. “I didn’t tell my dad until a year later. They are all very accepting.” Despite the negative sentiment toward homosexuals on campus, both are proud of being Aggies. “Where does it say that an Aggie must be straight to uphold the spirit of Aggieland?” Brett said. “Being an Aggie is having a love for the Univer sity. That has not changed. We are tied to everyone who has been, is or will be here forever. We are Aggies.” Chad said myths about homosex uality such as HIV and AIDS is a ho mosexual disease are being broken with the passage of time. “AIDS is not a gay disease,” Brett said. “I don’t see why that would even be an issue. That is only propelling the myth that HIV is gay related. More straight peo ple contract it than homosexuals.” The choice they made may have been difficult, but Brett said they are proud of it and all it represents. 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Schemmer said the church’s ministry has not changed because of the Open and Affirming Statement. She said the statement was a way to show people the church meant what it said. “We wanted to put it in writing that this church ac cepts all,” she said. “It’s re ally more for the commu nity than it is ourselves.” Schemmer said the church is told frequently that people feel at home there. Hudson said the church has not changed anything since its adop tion of the Open and Af firming Statement. “We’ve grown,” she said. “But this has to do with more than just being open and affirming. We’ve tried to do what we’ve al ways done.” Friends Congrega tional was the first church in its conference of 91 churches to be come open and affirm ing, and it is now only one of two churches in its geographical area to adopt such a policy. Hudson said the United Church of Christ has a long history of social justice. “Each church in our denomination has the ability to make a decision like this,” she said. “Each church has the right to de cide how it wants to stand on any issue. Before voting on the open and affirming issue, the congregation spent more than a year engag ing in prayers, discussions and Bible study specifical ly targeted to the topic. Schemmer said the congregation wanted to be able to talk about any fears among the group. “Some of what drives exclusion from any group is fear,” she said. “It is not always easy to discuss our fears.” Schemmer said being able to talk about their fears created a closer rela tionship among members. /L-A COLLEGE PARK 6 THEATRES ISI I 2080 EAST 29TH STREET trl/ BRYAN, TX MOVIE TIME GUIDE THE FOLIOWING INFORMATION IS VALID FOR MONDAY - THURSDAY OCT. 6-9, 1997 CONTACT (PG) DT5) CON-AIR (R) DOLBY) FACE OFF (R) LLTRA-STEREO) FICTURE PERFECT (PG-13) DOLBY) NOTHING TO LOSE (R) DOLBY) 7:15 9:55 7:00 9:50 7:10 9:50 7:20 9:40 7:05 10:00 7:30 9:45 BOX OFFICE OPENS 6:30pm MONDAY through THURSDAY Texas Aggie Volleyball & Houston 7 pm Wednesday G. Rollie White m TACO BELLa IMPROVE YOUR WEALTH- BY SHARING YOUR HEALTH Here are 81 good reasons to become a plasma donor at Westgate Plasma Center: $80 dollars in your first two weeks, and you save lives. 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