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For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)

Release Date:

Friday, October 12, 2007

MPAA Rating:

Genre:

Documentary

Starring:

Desmond Tutu, Steve Greenberg, Dick Gephardt

Written By:

Daniel Karslake

Director:

Daniel Karslake

Synopsis:

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.

For the Bible Tells Me So (2007) | Review

Is Love an Abomination?

Darrel Manson

What does the Bible say about homosexuality? Well, that’s where we have trouble, isn’t it? There are those who point to a handful of texts and use them prove that lesbians and gay men are terrible people who should be condemned. There are others who look at those same verses and find nothing in them that would prevent them from loving, welcoming, and affirming lesbians and gay men in every aspect of life—including the Church. Gays often find the Church a hostile environment. But it need not be so.

For the Bible Tells Me So is not an unbiased film. It shows us the struggle that gays and their families have had because of the negative message that the Church often conveys. This film is clearly from the perspective that gays should be accepted within the Church as they are. There will be some who will dismiss the film completely because of that. But for many people, both gay and straight, who continue to struggle with how the Church should engage gays, this film may well be a great blessing.

Much of the film deals with five families that all have a Christian background and all have a gay or lesbian child. They all had struggles over the issue—some still do.

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