Ed Journal - Controversial Issues in Classroom: homosexuality

Interesting class today!
The students in the video are amazing! I was inspirited by the youngest class, by students’ open mind and pure heart. Actually, teaching this controversial issue in American school is necessary, simply because the majority of the society is trying to alienate and demonize homosexuality. I am glad that my home contry doesn't have this homophobias and I felt safe to hang out with gay friends back home simplely because they are nice people and understand more about this ungraceful world. so maybe we just need to tell kids that gays are people and it's not right be be against towards any group of people who are different or wierd.

So if I am told to teach a class/ prepare a curriculum on homosexuality, sympathy and compassion will be the theme, for if the orientation is not human's choices, gays are the minority of minority and they need more grace and love.
1.Brainstorm the words related with gay/homosexuality.
2.Watch the video clips about homophobia: history tragedy, media exaggerating and politic speech, etc.
3.Other related topics: AIDS, social justice, religion comparing, etc, depending on the students’ level.
4. Invite gay couples.

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About homosexuality and Christian, I can imagine a Bible scholar will say that how a man is supposed to be and homosexuality is sin.
9 year old students tell us that gay love is love beyond everything.
19 year old students will tell us that homosexuality is nasty.
our own mind is filthy & poluted when we say that's nasty.
But man is not perfect and the world is not Eden. Bible only mentions six times about homosexuality. If we can be homophobia, we should be rich-phobia, for the Bible mentions 60 times about money and possession.

Why not caring more about justice and love, than sin.
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Postscript:
From the final presentation, a number of students chose homosexuality as their report topic.
Some are really passionate, with tears; some are logic, with Bible quotes; some are "none of my bussiness", with the post-modern attitude.
I didn't say anything radical or prorevolutionary --- it's nothing about change, but love and healng.

Broken hearts, in different ways,
Different rebellions, in the same way.
As an outsider, it's easy to "demonize" the otherness,
As an insider, it's easy to be panic and blind.
As in God, nothing but love.

....God help...