October
2007
For the Bible Tells Me So: See It This Weekend!
This weekend For the Bible Tells Me So, an award-winning new documentary about family, homosexuality, and Christian faith, opens nationally in theatres. We are encouraging all of our members to take some time this weekend to see the film — and to talk about it with friends, family, and communities of faith. It is an outstanding opportunity for life-changing conversations…and the more people who see the film in theatres, the more likely it is that the film’s run will be extended to a wider audience.
“Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate?
“Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival, Dan Karslake’s provocative, entertaining documentary brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and Biblical scripture, and in the process reveals that Church-sanctioned anti-gay bias is based almost solely upon a significant (and often malicious) misinterpretation of the Bible. As the film notes, most Christians live their lives today without feeling obliged to kill anyone who works on the Sabbath or eats shrimp (as a literal reading of scripture dictates).
“Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families — including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson — we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard’s Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy Creech, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and sexual identity.”
To find
a screening near you, throughout the country, visit the For the Bible Tells Me So website.