Middle School Teacher’s Homework Assignment: ‘Persuade Your Friend To not Be Gay’

A Louisville Kentucky middle school teacher gave her class a homework assignment Wednesday, where they had to persuade an imaginary friend who is gay to reject their orientation.

The assignment was due Thursday morning.

Screenshots depict the assignment. The homework was part of an elective Bible class at the Christian Academy of Louisville, and included suggested talking points such as “homosexuality will not bring them satisfaction,” and saying that “you love them even though you don’t approve of their lifestyle.”

Modern day education assignment at Christian Academy of Louisville. Middle school. Write a letter to your homosexual friend explaining why it’s wrong. Shameful. #stopthehate pic.twitter.com/UdgXv3FEBA

— JP Davis (@kyjpdavis) May 13, 2022

The assignment said to assume you’ve known the friend since kindergarten, go to the same church, and pretty good friends until now,

The school told the Louisville Courier-Journal that the homework was “part of a unit of study which discusses ‘What are humans and where is their identity?’” and claimed that “in context, was how a person could discuss homosexuality with a friend from a biblical perspective with compassion and love.”