Today we braved the beginning of a winter storm and slogged over to one of our favorite theatres, The Music Box, to see a documentary called For the Bible Tells Me So. This film focusses on five families that have gay children, as well as strong, fundamentalist Christian belief. How do they reconcile, or fail to reconcile the two? Two of the families include very public personas (Gene Robinson, Episcopalian Bishop of New Hampshire pictured above and Chrissy Gephardt, daughter of Congressman Dick Gephardt) and the other three families are everyday folks. This interesting and sometimes moving film shows the real and often very damaging human consequences of the anti-gay rhetoric of the religious right. It also offers an interesting and more complicated interpretation of what one interviewee calls the fifth grade level fundamentalist interpretation of the bible verses from Levitcus and Romans that are invariably trotted out to justify such beliefs. In one of the most powerful scenes a family tries to get in to see Rev. James Dobson at Focus on the Family in Colorado and is arrested for their efforts. Great way to portray a literal refusal to engage a challenging viewpoint. The movie is playing at least through this Thursday here in Chicago. Two thumbs up, way up!
Saturday, December 1, 2007
For The Bible Tells Me So - Movie 17
Today we braved the beginning of a winter storm and slogged over to one of our favorite theatres, The Music Box, to see a documentary called For the Bible Tells Me So. This film focusses on five families that have gay children, as well as strong, fundamentalist Christian belief. How do they reconcile, or fail to reconcile the two? Two of the families include very public personas (Gene Robinson, Episcopalian Bishop of New Hampshire pictured above and Chrissy Gephardt, daughter of Congressman Dick Gephardt) and the other three families are everyday folks. This interesting and sometimes moving film shows the real and often very damaging human consequences of the anti-gay rhetoric of the religious right. It also offers an interesting and more complicated interpretation of what one interviewee calls the fifth grade level fundamentalist interpretation of the bible verses from Levitcus and Romans that are invariably trotted out to justify such beliefs. In one of the most powerful scenes a family tries to get in to see Rev. James Dobson at Focus on the Family in Colorado and is arrested for their efforts. Great way to portray a literal refusal to engage a challenging viewpoint. The movie is playing at least through this Thursday here in Chicago. Two thumbs up, way up!
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We finally saw this movie with Kristin and Carrie on Saturday night and thought that it was really good. Thanks for the recommendation.
*Mira*
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