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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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The church’s present
name was chosen as the
name best able to de
scribe its roots.
In a March 1992 State
ment of Purpose, the
church described itself as
a'welcoming community
open to diversity.”
Hudson said the
church has been welcom
ing diverse people since
its beginnings.
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.
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