Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond > The Lighter Side
The "I LOVE everything Jack's Mom" thread
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: hopefulheart on April 22, 2006, 03:06:29 pm --- I love Jack's mom because she allowed herself to acknowledge and accept the relationship between her son and Ennis. As a Pentecostal woman-that was a couragous thing to do. I grew up in the Pentecostal church. Let me tell you, homosexuality is about the worst "sin" in their view. There are some wonderful aspects of the church. But tolerance is not one of them. My grandmother and my father were two of the most honest and decent people i have ever known. They tried to live the best life they could. They followed the Pentcostal dogma though. So sadly, they missed the experience of knowing people of many beliefs and walks of life-because those people didnt conform to the church's view of what was "right".
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Thanks for adding that, Hopefulheart. That makes Jack's mom's understanding and kindness even more profound. I remember a previous thread pointing out how she is the portrayed as the most strongly religious and Christian person in the movie, and the only one who fully accepts their relationship. I'm neither strongly religious nor Christian, but I found that refreshing.
Sheriff Roland:
I love Jack's Mom for giving us JACK (for Ennis) :)
Arad-3:
I love Jacks mom because she showed how much she loved Jack by the way she treated Ennis that day.
serious crayons:
Beautifully stated, Toast. And what a great way to look at that scene.
TJ:
Discussion related to Jack's mother who believed in the Pentecost (and Pentecostals) has been started by me here:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=1162.0
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