Some of the purists with years of stick experience here might give you grief for suggesting learning on a car like this, but you probably won't hurt anything. It may be better for the car to be broken in some first, but honestly these are well-engineered machines designed for high-performance and taking a beating - I think they can handle someone learning for the first time, so long as you take it easy and don't try to see how fast you can get to 60mph at every stoplight on the ride home.
The worst damage to the car might happen in your own imagination, like the burnt smell of the clutch after you're done. The car will survive.
That said, I would at least try to find something else to learn on is the very best solution. You won't be an expert - I drove a Saturn for five years with a stick, and still managed to burn my clutch and stall the car a dozen times driving her home that first night - but every little bit helps!
FYI by noon the next day I was driving her just fine. Seven months and 10,000 miles later I can count on one hand the number of times I've stalled the car since. It gets easy quickly.
