Press Release
“For the Bible Tells Me So”
The Center West in Rapid City is excited to announce that there will be a free screening of the recently released documentary “For the Bible Tells Me so” at The Journey Museum Theater on Saturday, April 5th at 6:30 pm.
Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating homosexuals and Christianity too wide to cross? How can the Bible be used to justify hate? These are the questions at the heart of Daniel Karslake’s “For the Bible Tells Me So.”
A World Premier in competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, “For The Bible Tells Me So” was honored with Audience Awards at the 2007 Seattle and Provincetown International Film Festivals and the Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights at the 2007 Full Frame Documentary film Festival. This provocative, entertaining film concisely reconciles homosexuality and a literal interpretation of Biblical Scripture.
Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families—including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson—we discover how people of faith handle, or sometimes tragically fail to handle, having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard’s Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and the 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.
Thanks to some local donors this film will be presented free to the Public. There will be a panel discussion following the screening with several prominent local clergy and mental health professionals. The public is invited to attend and encouraged to participate in the discussion following the screening.
The Center West is a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing information, resources, referral and support services to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community, their families, friends and the community at large. It is located at 3601 Canyon Lake Dr. Suite 4, Rapid City, SD 57702. For more information about this screening or The Center West please call: 605-348-3244 or e-mail info@thecenterwest.org.
(more information about this film can be found at: http://firstrunfeatures.com/forthebible_press.html#)
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