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Old 03-26-2015, 08:57 AM
 
Location: Senoia, GA
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I'm simply curious as to Mercer, and pretty much Macon are tolerant towards gays. Are there any gays on campus?
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Old 03-26-2015, 04:59 PM
 
Location: Macon, GA
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Mercer is friendly. About a decade ago, Mercer started a glbt club and the southern baptist convention who financially sponsored the school at the time had a fit. Short story...The baptists demanded disbandment...Mercer told them to take their money and demands and go fly a kite! I shortened a ten year story into that, but you get the point.

Mercer is not Cal Berkley, but I know and have known many gay students who feel welcome and tell me its a non-issue. Macon...intown is basically the same. I live close in with my partner of 10 years and nobody cares. We have been embraced. There are no parades and no longer a gay bar, but the progressive intown set could care less about being gay. The suburbs and rural areas are making progress, but it is still a few years out. For the record, the end of the gay bar came about by the acceptance of all in the downtown area in part. Gay folks in Macon didn't have to segregate themselves for safety and comfort...all of the restaurants and clubs are welcoming so...progress is grand...and helped close the bar. (Once again, a little more to it, but in a nutshell, that is what happened)
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