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New Documentary: "For the Bible Tells Me So" --religion and homosexuality

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Jeff Wrangler:
It opens here in Philadelphia today--interesting to me that coincidentally this weekend is the tenth anniversary of the publication of "Brokeback Mountain" in The New Yorker.

But what does it say about me that I'm more interested in seeing Elizabeth: The Golden Age?  :-\

southendmd:
Jeff, "Elizabeth" is also about religion, but it'll be around longer probably.

Go see "For the Bible Tells Me So"; it needs our support.


Toast, thanks for that!

Shortfiction, I'm sure it will be on disc soon.  The filmmakers wanted to make a mark in the theatres first.

Shakesthecoffecan:
Cool, it will be in driving distance for me in December, I am putting it on my calendar. Thanks Paul!

Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: southendmd on October 12, 2007, 09:07:42 am ---Jeff, "Elizabeth" is also about religion, but it'll be around longer probably.

Go see "For the Bible Tells Me So"; it needs our support.


--- End quote ---

Honest response? I'm sure I'll end up waiting till it shows up on PBS some Gay Pride Month, as it surely will. I "go to the movies" for entertainment, not for something like this.

(Probably explains why I haven't seen Al Gore's movie, or Amazing Grace, or Amistad, or any of a long list of socially responsible, "good for you" movies.)

Bitchy response? In my case this film is preaching to the choir. I don't need to see it. To borrow from the review in this morning's Philadelphia Inquirer, I already know that "those who quote Leviticus to justify their animosity are guilty not just of intolerance but also of selective piety [and] an inability to understand historical context."

The conclusion to the review in this morning's Inquirer:

"[T]here is no denying that this film ... fills a need. The inevitable DVD should be packaged in a plain cardboard sleeve, so that viewers can carry it in their pockets, and if confronted by a homophobe, hand it over and say 'Watch this, then get back to me.'"

(I don't recognize the reviewer's name, and he isn't identified as local.)

The trouble, of course, is that those who need to see this film won't see it.  :-\

Shakesthecoffecan:
Well two months later might be a streatch, but I tend to agree with you Jeff, it could be a case of preaching to the choir. I just wish this choir memeber could have got into the church.

Here is an interview with Bishop Gene Robinson relating to the movie:

http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid50529.asp

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