SAVANNAH, GA--Even for people of strong faith, the Bible can be hard to understand as applied to every day life. A new movie is earning awards, critical praise and some criticism for its depiction of the struggle between religious beliefs and homosexuality.
Sunday night, the film was shown in Savannah to sold out crowds. It's called, "For The Bible Tells Me So," and follows five Christian, American families, each, dealing with a loved one who is gay or lesbian. The core question: Is anti-gay bias a product of a misinterpretation of the Bible?
WTOC spoke to one of the mothers involved in the film about her daughter, the movie and Savannah. "It's a sin for a man to be with a man," one of the opening clips from the movie exclaims. The words, signs and rhetoric have been around for decades.
"If homosexuals are allowed their civil rights, so should prostitutes or thieves or anyone else," another clip of anti-gay activist Anita Bryant says.
"If you tell a lie enough times, the whole world will believe it," another person says.
"What we have been taught in church was just not right. It was wrong. It was an untruth," Mary Lou Wallner told WTOC. Mary Lou has lived it. In 1988, her daughter Anne, came out as a lesbian. Because of her religious upbringing, Mary Lou at first rejected her daughter, which lead to a stormy relationship.
"On February 28, 1997, she killed herself," Mary Lou said. "She was 29."
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http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7590576&nav=menu89_2This documentary looks interesting.
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