I thought from the title of the thread that you were going to take this in another direction.
It did remind me that when I was at Bethel, the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood was very Gay. Lots of flamboyant types in tight skimpy clothes etc. They seemed pretty harmless to me, other than being a little annoying, they didn't seem to bother anyone. I never heard any Bethelite make any comment to them directly, only later after they were out of earshot. This one time however, I was walking down the sidewalk with a friend and an obviously gay and very effeminite black guy came toward us on the sidewalk. He was wearing cut off jeans and a shirt tied up at the waist. He was smiling at us flirtatiously and walking like a hooker from a low budget movie. My friend, also black, said smilingly " Yeah....but you aint gettin any Honey" I was shocked that he would say something like that...I put it down to being something I didn't understand about the "black culture" that made it ok for him to do so. This guy has been a Circuit Overseer in the south for many years. ( my friend...not the guy on the street)
There were two Bethelites while I was there who were rumored to have been asked to leave because they were caught doing gay things. One guy had his housekeeper find the Penthouse magazine that he kept under his matress. Another friend from Bethel that I just got back in contact with( now of the annointed) and I were talking Bethel stories and he told me that he and another guy were drinking beer up on the roof of one of the buildings one evening. Because it was dark outside, they could see down into a lighted room that still had it's curtains open and they saw a Bethelite alone in his room "taking care of business". They figured out which room it was and went over and banged on his door and told him they saw him...he was totaly embarrased.
It happens...they are only human like the rest of us. Too bad they attach so much shame to this humaness though.
