For the Bible Tells Me So
Friend’s Congregational Church
6:30pm
Directions from campus:
Take Texas Ave S
Turn right at FM-2818
Turn left at Southwood Dr
2200 Southwood Drive.
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A screening of the documentary For The Bible Tells Me
So to encourage discussion about the seeming chasm
between scripture, the church, and homosexuality and
what that has meant for families and their gay
children. This event is funded by a grant from Brazos
Valley QueSt.
Sponsors include:
- Aggie Allies
- Aggie Amnesty International
- Brazos Valley QueSt
- Equality Texas
- Friends Congregational Church
- Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
- Texas A&M Lesbian and Gay Veterinary Medical Student Association
- Texas A&M Office of Multicultural Services
- United Campus Ministry in Aggieland
At the conclusion of the event we will have 30 minutes
available for discussion and a viewing of a 5 minute
film by a Texas A&M student entitled “Being a Gay
Aggie”.
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.