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    For the Bible Tells Me So

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    Poster of the movie For the Bible Tells Me So
    2007     Documentary    
    USA
    1h 35min

    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.

    Directed byDaniel G_ Karslake
    Written byDaniel G. Karslake, Helen R. Mendoza
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    Featuring

    Imogene Robinson
    Victor Robinson
    Gene Robinson
    Isabella 'Boo' McDaniel
    Brenda Poteat
    David Poteat
    Tonia Poteat
    Randi Reitan
    Phil Reitan
    Jake Reitan
    Britta Reitan
    Jane Gephardt
    Richard Gephardt
    Chrissy Gephardt
    Mary Lou Wallner
    Cathie Talbert
    Judith Esmay
    Robert Strauss
    Nora Demenus
    Mel White
    Laurence C. Keene
    Peter J. Gomes
    Steve Kindle
    Brian Zachary Mayer
    Susan Sparks

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