'Straight Pride Week' hits campus

Here's something you haven't seen before. 'Straight Pride Week' is going to be celebrated on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma soon. What a refreshing idea!

Pride week on campus is not just for homosexuals anymore.

A group of College Republicans at the University of Central Oklahoma is gearing up for what it calls "Straight Pride Week."


"The general gist is that if you are a straight student on campus be proud, be loud, this is your time to shine," College Republican Kyle Houts told KOCO-TV.

Already posted around the Edmond, Okla., campus are fliers reading, "We're here, we're conservative, we're out."

University officials have granted permission for the fliers, but they say it's not an endorsement of the message.

Members of the Gay Alliance for Tolerance and Equality told the station they consider the celebration an assault on homosexual students.

"What is there to say about it, 'I'm proud, and I'm straight and I guess white,' I don't know?" said GATE member Jennifer Rodriguez. "I think they definitely are being discriminatory because there's probably a lot of gay Republicans out there."

A KOCO online poll asks how people feel about the College Republicans' "Straight Pride Week" celebrations.

With more than 9,600 votes yesterday afternoon, 54 percent said "Good for them," 22 percent stated, "Neither 'Gay Pride Week' nor 'Straight Pride Week' should be observed," 18 percent said, "I don't mind it because it just makes it them look bad," and 5 percent responded, "They are being discriminatory."

It's about time heterosexuals come out of the closet!