Ok so this post is actually a story that happened to me today. Not a media thing for once. Hooray!
I go to a Catholic High School.
So today in Religion someone brought up the topic of gay marriage and is it a sin and all that. It was so hard not to burst out and yell at everyone. I sat there while my teacher compared homosexuality to pedophilia and slavery. He also said that maybe we’re equal but not deserving. He never came right out and said that he was against gay marriage but he sounded really biased, trying to prove arguments wrong for the sake of showing that it’s not a good argument, not the the point itself is wrong.
There were a few kids in the class that defended us but not that many. I foolishly volunteered some information and statistics from scientific studies that made me look like a big old dyke. It’s hard to disguise but I had had some of them fooled at least. They were all shocked but never really said anything. After all, I never said I was gay, therefore it never happened and we will never speak of it again…to my face. The ways of high school are so bizarre.
The rest of the students countered the arguments with things like “What if they adopt children?!? Poor, poor kids.” and that gay marriage will lead to polygamy and all sorts of things the Catholic Church condemns. Sounds kind of like the Yes on Prop 8 ads, doesn’t it?
It was just really frustrating to sit through almost an entire period and be insulted, whilst making good arguments you knew wouldn’t change anyone’s opinion. My teacher did stop me in the hall after and expand on one of my arguments, again not saying which side of the issue he was on but fighting any idea I came up with; It’s not a choice; it’s not a sin; we were born like this. All those things. Now he wants me to bring in my For the Bible Tells Me So documentary (if you haven’t seen this movie see it now. It made me cry.) because we got into the issue of different people interpreting the Bible in different ways.
What a wonderful day I had. At least I can look forward to the “lesbian episode” of House tonight.
EDIT: My religion teacher did a follow up talk today (the day after) and he kind of apologized/said he didn’t really understand the question. He said:
“It is more of a sin to hate homosexuals than to be homosexual”
Oh yay. I’m thrilled. I’m not sinning quite as much as I thought I was.
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