What would you do? Catholic school paper.

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Gacked from misting.

True Story: A religion teacher assigned her class an essay on what makes a good Christian. One student wrote about praying nightly, say no to abortion, banning gay marriage, and donating money. The other student wrote about talking to God and allowing people to enjoy their lives, and supporting gay marriage. The day the teacher was to hand the papers back, she called up the second student and told him she would pray for him when he went to hell. The student asked why would he be going to hell, and why he got an F on his paper. The teacher told him that Catholicism is against gay marriage. The student looked at her for a minute, then said aloud, "I'm gay." The teacher kicked him out of class as if he had said fuck or worshiped Satan. A girl in the back of class who had a boyfriend and was obviously straight got up and left too.

If you would leave the classroom, repost this. It doesn't matter if you're straight, bi, or gay. It doesn't matter if you're Catholic or not. Everyone is a human being and deserves happiness.

I'm not sure I would have left though. Since I'm never going to change a Catholic school's policy I think I would have stayed and given the teacher a really bad time for the rest of the quarter. I've noticed that when a "good" student acts up a little, the bad students get really out of control.

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Hmmm. Is this actually a 'lesson' about the right to be gay, or a lesson about standing up for what you believe in, or *showing* that you believe in something and have the guts to say. The only way is to walk the narrow path. I've done the walk-out (in a slightly different situation where I objected to the subjet matter and how it was being treated). I explained to the teacher and class why I was walking out. One other woman came with me. After the class I got a lot of other students congratulating me (and a lot of others dissing me). It was a situation that I couldn't continue to sit in, but certainly I think that a protest can be made doing either. It depends on the situation, and how each of us choose to show our protest. I'm less than subtle, so I walked out. The important thing is to show you protest.