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"SAVE ME"

"It's an amazing time," said Chad Allen, a gay actor who stars in "Save Me," a fictional story exploring a love affair inside Genesis House, a ministry aimed at turning gays into straights. "Christians are standing up finally and saying there's something wrong with a theology which condemns and scapegoats gay and lesbian people for political power. We will not allow our faith, and our belief and love of Christ, to be used in that way."

Go, Chad!!!

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"FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO"

"For the Bible Tells Me So" directly confronts anti-gay Christians who quote a handful of Bible passages — usually including Leviticus — to support their position. The film's experts (including Harvard University theologian the Rev. Peter Gomes and South African archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu) say those passages are usually taken out of context and also call for other prohibitions (such as mixing crops, wearing linen and wool together, and remarrying after divorce) that few of the staunchest anti-gay critics seem to worry about. The film's overarching thesis is that Jesus was a reconciler, not a divider; that he and God walk with the oppressed, not the oppressors.

"I think the real power of the film, besides the five very personal stories of religious families who have dealt with this," Robinson said, "is that it gives people a firm piece of ground to stand on and say, 'You know, those verses actually don't wind up saying what they at first appear to mean.' My sense is that there are a lot of people in the country who are beginning to or already are feeling somewhat sympathetic. But they feel totally undercut when someone starts quoting Scripture to them. The film will give people the tools they need to turn that sympathy into real active support."

Go, +Gene!!!

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PS - "For the Bible Tells Me So" screens Tuesday night at Outfest and as I don't have tickets and would LOVE to go consider this a shameless suggestion that I'd love to hear from anybody WITH tickets who isn't ABLE to go!!! :)