<p>My D goes to GWU her good friend is gay (male) they have lived together in the same room traveledtogether. GWU is gay friendly.</p>
<p>My daughter has several friends at college who are gay. Some are guys and some are girls. They hang out together and everyone gets along great. The straight friends are very supportive of their gay friends.</p>
<p>Really, for most people these days it’s just not a big deal. Who cares? As Cardinal Fang says, it’s creepy to imagine or speculate about people’s private lives like that. In my experience the people who seem most fixated on the orientation or practices of others are those who are not secure in their own sexuality. Witness the long list of politicians and televangelists who oppose marriage equality or attempt to “pray the gay away”…but have themselves been caught in compromising situations with someone of the same sex.</p>
<p>"I was in your shoes four years ago. I think your best bet is to have your son narrow down the list of colleges based on the traditional items (city vs rural, etc.) and then check into the GLBT resources at those colleges. " - PugmadK</p>
<p>Great advice.</p>
<p>"I would say an ideal school would be one that is gay friendly but also in a state in which the population voted for gay marriage. "</p>
<p>You should be more open minded. Massachusetts didn’t vote for gay marriage, but there are several dozen colleges in MA that are very welcoming of LGBT students.</p>
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Ok, ripro, I’ve been hanging with your position, but are you really going to say that we should not have a “policy” against something because people don’t follow it anyways? Really? Down that rabbit hole?</p>
<p>Glido-
Gay marriage is legal in MA. It was the first state to legalize same sex marriage (in 2004). Massachusetts citizens never voted on the issue, although there is a great deal of support in marriage for same sex marriage.</p>
<p>“A June 2012 Public Policy Polling survey found that 62% of Massachusetts voters thought same-sex marriage should be legal, while 30% thought it should be illegal and 8% were not sure. A separate question on the same survey found that 88% of respondents supported legal recognition of same-sex couples, with 58% supporting same-sex marriage, 30% supporting civil unions, 11% opposing all legal recognition and 2% not sure.[41]”</p>
<p>For a full timeline:
[Same-sex</a> marriage in Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Massachusetts]Same-sex”>Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>^In any case, I think the point is well-taken–one shouldn’t use lack of current laws regarding same-sex marriage as a disqualifier for a school that might be very gay-friendly. Plus, who knows what will happen by the time the OP’s kid gets through college. There is more and more support nationally for marriage equality than ever before.</p>
<p>^True. Just didn’t want anyone thinking MA voted down same sex marriage. The other thing to remember is that there are pockets of various types of people in most states. Despite California’s Prop. 8 I don’t know anyone who would call San Francisco a gay-unfriendly city.</p>
<p>“Ok, ripro, I’ve been hanging with your position, but are you really going to say that we should not have a “policy” against something because people don’t follow it anyways? Really? Down that rabbit hole?”</p>
<p>No, that’s not my position. My position is that just because there’s a policy it doesn’t mean that the policy is followed. In the example I gave, I’m sure my college had a policy against fighting, but that didn’t stop one friend from bashing another friends face in. If you are basing your decision on whether to attend a certain college or not, you may be misled by just looking at it’s policies.</p>
<p>“Really, for most people these days it’s just not a big deal. Who cares? As Cardinal Fang says, it’s creepy to imagine or speculate about people’s private lives like that. In my experience the people who seem most fixated on the orientation or practices of others are those who are not secure in their own sexuality. Witness the long list of politicians and televangelists who oppose marriage equality or attempt to “pray the gay away”…but have themselves been caught in compromising situations with someone of the same sex.”</p>
<p>Interesting how these types of threads generally devolve into bashing Christianity. Do you think a handful of televangelists are representative of all Christendom?</p>
<p>“You seem to be implying that is the only way a gay kid can find friends and happiness in college (via a single room or with other gay kids). I sure don’t believe this. But you have been attempting to derail this thread for several pages, so I guess I should not be surprised that you would say something this silly.”</p>
<p>You apparently read what you to read and infer thing that are were not actually written.</p>
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