THE FORBIDDEN LIST (UNIPHANT)

Chapter 24

Gia's POV

Papunta na ngayon ako sa work.

Kriiiiing kriiiiing

Si Kuya Franco (Daddy ni Frances) tumatawag.

Oh, hello Kuya. Napatawag ka.

Gusto ko lang sanang kamustahin kayo ni Frances. Di na kasi sya tumatawag sakin like she usually do. May problema ba?.

Wala naman po Kuya. Mukhang busy lang masyado sa school. Hayaan nyo sasabihan ko yun. Kailan nga pala kayo bibisita dito?.

Di pako sure eh pero baka next week kasi namention na ni Head pastor yung about sa family week.

Ah. Sya nga pala Kuya, may itatanong lang sana ako about Ella.

Hmm ano yun?.

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Frances' POV

"..you see, there are things that takes time for us to understand or even takes forever for us to grasp. You can love your biological brother or any relative but there's a limit to that. You can't love them enough to commit incest." Sabi ng Biology teacher naming si Sir Cheng.

Ang pagkakaalam ko last school year nya na ngayon, magreretire na daw kasi siya. Sayang naman, mababawasan na naman ang magagaling naming teachers.

Some students hates him because he's too old fashioned daw and acts more like a preacher than a teacher. And for me, wala namang problema dun.

I don't think morality expires or changes over time just because the society are learning to be more accepting about behaviors that used to be taboo.

Silence filled the room for a moment. And then proceeded. I'm glad that he finally got everybody's attention.

"At first people only thought that this is just some moral issue, a socially constructed concept but later on we understood that incest actually has bad effects towards humanity. One of it is birth defects on the next generation. Imagine people using love as an excuse for this. Another example is having one spouse and avoiding premarital sex which is basically the best way to avoid STD. Homosexual sins are as terrible as heterosexual sins. This includes premarital sex, concubinage or adultery, pedophilia, rape and just like I mentioned incest and a lot more that has to do with sexual imorality. I'm telling you this because actually sexual sin is one of the hardest sin to deal with because you need to have a constant battle with yourself and you teenagers are the most vulnerable to it. The reason why you should listen and shouldn't take this for granted is because the cure or way out of it is education."

Nagulat nalang kami nang biglang nagtaas ng kamay si Jaydee. Tsk here we go again.

"Hmm what is it Miss Villaruel?." Sabi ni Sir Cheng. Tumayo nga si Jaydee.

"Pano kung nagmamahalan talaga sila?. Those who are homosexuals." Sabi ni Jaydee.

"Thank you for that question. Good point, proceed." Sir Cheng said politely.

"Should people apologize for having feelings?." Sabi pa ni Jaydee.

"You see Miss Villaruel, wala akong sinabi na wala na silang karapatang magmahal. The problem here is what actually is love?. What does God want us to understand about love?. Hmm you mentioned about feelings. And no, we are not supposed to apologise for having them but you should also understand that there are certain feelings that you shouldn't act upon. I could desire to kill you right now for provoking me but of course I won't do that." Sabi ni Sir Cheng.