New York Times
March 23, 2009
In Harlem a week ago, a 32-year-old math teacher handed out slips of paper inviting the entire seventh grade of Columbia Secondary School to his upcoming ceremony, where, the names on the invitation made clear, he’d be celebrating his commitment to another man. The teacher, Chance Nalley, rarely wastes an instructional opportunity but said that, in this particular instance, he wasn’t trying to make an educational statement. “They kept asking if they were invited,” he said of his students at Columbia, a selective public school that specializes in math, science and engineering.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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Though I'm all for this and happy that it's happening, I just hope the teacher and the school is prepared for any backlash. I just remember how the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign used a similar instance where a lesbian woman brought her whole class to her wedding, and they used that to create fear-mongering tv ads amongst the voters that same-sex marriage will be taught in schools.
I'm not for hiding in the closet. I encourage this. I just hope they're prepared.
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