How about a useful reply, hm?
Make *** up. Seriously, make a story up. How would they know it's true? Write some bland tiny romance short and that's it.
You would have him lie to a religion teacher? D= *gasp* Can't they, like, send you to hell for that? One o' them mortal sins or whatnot?
But seriously, making *** up sounds like a good idea. Whenever I have to write something about my life or my interests, it's always easier and more convenient to come up with something more interesting than reality. And you don't run into the ethical issues of outing a friend with or without their knowledge/consent. And you don't run the risk of your teacher reacting poorly to your relationship.
Teachers are supposed to be objective and grade objectively, but who among us can claim to be completely objective about everything? Best to play it safe, especially if there's a risk that she is a hardcore homophobe (and since she's a religion teacher at a catholic school, it's quite possible). If you don't know her well enough to know how she would react to transgender/homosexuality stuff, best to either find out fast or just avoid the subject entirely.
This is all assuming you care about your grade above all else.
I am sorry but i completly disagree with you.
Why should you lie about what you believe in? to make things easier for you? is that how you stand in life?
making up a story might sound better than reality but this is about an ethnic subject and so only reality will make for the best story(on this subject).
No man ,not even a writer,can perfectly write about such subjects in fiction ,but even a kid can write about this subject when its part of her/his life.
(with us) religion class is never about making people believe what you believe. Its about making people to give everything a thought and to discuss(this is the right word, right?) subjects which take place in our society, to create understanding among different religions and point of views, buiding bridges so to speak. he has a solid point of view in this subject and why should he change or hide it? wouldnt take make society stop functioning? making progress put on hold? thats not what we want!
to keep moving and improving we need to cummunicate, discuss and respect.
If you are a teacher with a religion and you cant put that aside to help your students, than you better find a new job.
teachers should be neutral, objective. they may have there own opinion and there is nothing wrong with telling the class what you think,
but as a teacher you may never interrupt the students in creating his/her own view or following his/her own religion,
for that will only stop progress and create friction between people.
so stop keeping ingnorance alive by lieing about wo you are and stand up for what you think even if that would mean putting effort into the subject for it will be the only path to understanding others, yourself and society and it will be the only way to true peace and respect.
If your teacher doesn't accept you and your grades will reduce due to this, I have to point you to the people above her (school mayor(?) if neccesary), although i think your teacher is old and wise enough so that this isnt neccesary.
just one more thing.
I am telling all this from my experience in my country (netherlands) i dont know where you live and how religious the people are there.