Sunday, June 8

For the Bible Tells Me So: An interesting, but one-sided, documentary about evangelical Christians and homosexuality. Fundamentalist families with gay children are interviewed, and this part of the documentary is very moving and insightful. However, the arguments against the biblical injunctions against homosexuality 1) would have been more powerful had they actually interviewed someone with an opposing belief (rather than just show clips of rants) and then argued against that and 2) don't stand up to scrutiny when traditional Judaism is considered, and I was hoping for arguments strong enough to stand up to all religions (part of the argument is, "Well, 'man shall not lie with man' is just one in a long list of commands, such as 'don't mix linens,' 'don't eat swine,' and 'don't cut the corners of your field,' which Christians completely ignore." The fault of this argument, of course, being that Orthodox Jews do follow all these other laws). There was also a rather incongruous part in the middle that is a cartoon discussing why people are gay. However, if you're interested in the subject matter, it's worth the watch.

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