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An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.
- DIRECTOR
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- Daniel G. Karslake
- WRITERS
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- Daniel G. Karslake
- Helen R. Mendoza
- STUDIOS
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- Atticus Group
- VisionQuest Productions
- WEBSITE
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- WWW.FORTHEBIBLETELLSMESO.ORG/
We meet five Christian families, each with a gay or lesbian child. Parents talk about their marriages and church-going, their children's childhood and coming out, their reactions, and changes over time. The stories told by these nine parents and four adult children alternate with talking heads - Protestant and Jewish theologians - and with film clips of fundamentalist preachers and pundits and news clips of people in the street. They discuss scripture and biblical scholarship. A thesis of the film is that much of Christianity's homophobia represents a misreading of scripture, a denial of science, and an embrace of quack psychology. The families call for love.
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