Outer Banks Peace and Justice
Interfaith Coalition Film Series
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June 22 For the Bible Tells Me So
For the Bible Tells Me So, the award-winning documentary that tells how five ordinary Christian families have coped with the realization of having a gay child. Understandably, many Christians today shy away from this controversial topic. It has divided congregations and threatened to split apart denominations. Yet the issue also is an inescapable part of our lives.
Dan Karslake's provocative, entertaining documentary brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and Biblical scripture, and in the process reveals that Church-sanctioned anti-gay bias is based almost solely upon a significant (and often malicious) misinterpretation of the Bible. As the film notes, most Christians live their lives today without feeling obliged to kill anyone who works on the Sabbath or eats shrimp (as a literal reading of scripture dictates). 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 insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and 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
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Outer Banks Peace and Justice Interfaith Coalition
At the Peace and Justice Interfaith Coalition held in July, 2008, it was decided to focus on a film series featuring award winning peace and social justice documentaries. The film series works towards broad public communication and engagement with the community and other nonprofits in the area. The Film Series Coordinating Committee pays for film rights when ordering films. Our programs come with public performance rights, which is the right to show the film in public provided no admission fee is charged. Reduced rates are offered to grass roots groups and others with small audiences and smaller budgets. A good portion of the price is returned to the producer in royalties, helping them to recoup production costs or invest in a new project. Films with public rights cost from $30.00 to $200. This cost is offset by contributions from Holy Redeemer by the Sea, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Outer Banks, and individual donors like you. Visit our website to learn more about the upcoming film as well as what else we have to offer.
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OBX Pride
OBX Pride celebrates and promotes the history, diversity and future prosperity of the Outer Banks community. and works to increase public awareness of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community; to eliminate homophobia, transphobia and discrimination of alternative lifestyles.
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June 22
7:00 pm
All Saints Episcopal Church
40 Pintail Trail
Southern Shores, NC 27949
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The Peace and Justice Interfaith Coalition is sponsoring this film with the support of The All Saints Episcopal Church and The Outer Banks Pridefest Organization |
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