about to blow my cover

I'm taking a philosophy class this semester at the community college. The professor is an athiestic feminist with communistic tendencies. She's quite interesting, but she's actually really nice and I enjoy the class. I needed this ethcis class to finish up my undergrad. The registrar at my Christian college was a bit leary of me taking it from a "secular" school because it wouldn't be coming from a Christian worldview, but he allowed it anyway. I must say I'm so glad I took it here and not at my Christian college, my faith has been strengthed much more because of it. When you're hanging out in a Christian bubble you can become dull from a lack of challenge. This place has kept me on my toes and sharpened me up, I love it.

So far no one knows much about me, they don't know I'm a believer and a minister. I didn't want to sound like an ignorant Christian and be labeled as a right winger or a neo-con. It's hard to get an athiest to see your point of view if you're just saying "Well the Bible says..." My plan was to lay low, and it worked real well until, well, until about 15 minutes into the very first day of class.

The prof was talking about women's rights and how they are oppressed. She asked who thought it was oppressive to take a women's right to have an abortion away from her, I was the only one who didn't raise my hand. She looked at me and said "You don't think a woman is oppressed if her right to have an abortion taken from her?!" I said, "Well let's rephrase the question. Who in here thinks it's oppressive to the unborn baby to have it's right to life taken away from it?" Most of the class went "Oh crap...." and raised their hands. She sort of studdered for a second, made some comment about a fetus being a "glob of goo" and moved on quickly.

Since then we've just been discussing different social issues such as race, class, and oppression of women. And Walmart, she really hates Walmart. I haven't stuck out like a sore thumb and I've actually found myself agreeing with the prof about several things and have had logical and intelligent things to add to the discussion. I think she's a bit intrigured by me, and a bit nervous as well. But all the nice talk is about to be over with, and soon we'll be getting into discussions of abortion, euthanasia, and the death penalty just to name a few. It'll get interesting for sure.