For the Bible Tells Me So Free Screening at the Alamo

Gephardt Family photo courtesy of For the Bible Tells Me So

For the Bible Tells Me So Free Screening and Panel Discussion
Tuesday, March 25th
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown (320 E 6th Street)
Free, 6:30pm
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So, a major holiday in the Christian faith just took place, in case you missed it. Easter, in our opinion, is the greater of the two largest Christian holidays because it symbolizes everything that God came to earth to do: sacrifice himself so that others could know the all encompassing love of the Father without having to live perfect lives free from sin. Now, we recognize that most people do not believe this little tale, but for those that do, it seems counterintuitive to deny that love to a specific group of people based on a flawed human being's interpretation of a small passage of scripture, which is exactly what the great majority of Christianity has done to homosexuals.

Tonight, the Alamo Ritz will be holding a free screening of the award winning documentary For the Bible Tells Me So, a film that digs into the basis of this hate-filled view and how five God-fearing families reconcile their faith with the realization that one of their members is gay. Featuring the families of former House Majority leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, we will be led through a conversation of healing, offering clarity and understanding to a topic that is seldom spoken about sans fire and brimstone.

Hoping to foster a dialogue about how skewed teachings have affected the way that Americans, and Texans specifically, view the idea of love and partnership within the confines of religion, the Equality Texas Foundation and AGLIFF will be sponsoring a panel discussion following the screening with local church leaders. This is a first come, first seated, free event, so get their early to secure your seat. Whatever belief structure your subscribe to, we can be sure that this evening will certainly open up new ways of seeing and hopefully a lifelong openness to and acceptance of a variety of lifestyles—after all, that is what makes the presence of other humans worthwhile in the first place.

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By oh, steph in Arts & Entertainment on March 24, 2008 8:59 PM 0 Comments

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oh steph

But you see, that is the whole point of the film, to dispell the myth that bigotry is automatically part of the religious package. Just because certain people interpret a small, old testament passage to fit their own world view doesn't necessarily mean that it is the correct interpretation.

I would hope that christians, jews, muslims, buddists, pagans, atheists and angnostics, as well as the whole host of other belief systems, would open themselves up to the possibility that there is not just one answer to who we can and cannot love.

wells

Christians follow a book that denounces homosexuality as unclean. It's a "hate-filled" view that derives from scripture. The problem isn't some Christians, it's Christianity. Bigotry baked in.