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Synopsis

God & Gays: Bridging the Gap explores the religious struggle reconciling sexuality and spirituality. It gets into the head, heart and lives of the people who have found homosexuality and the Bible as their self-defining work.
An interview with Rev. Dr. Mel White, co-founder of SoulForce, talks about Jesus' perspective. Rev. Deborah L. Johnson discusses that this is a very basic diversity issue and asks the question: do you love me for who I am or for what I do?
Jason Stuart, an out Jewish comic and actor in Los Angeles describes in detail the loss of his relationship to his sister and her kids due solely to his orientation. Some are still “in the closet,” some have previously attempted suicide and Mary Lou Wallner, a fundamentalist mother who got her once wish when her daughter killed herself. Author Darlene Bogle echoes this as she describes her 15 years in Exodus International before recognizing she was ultimately numbing her humanity.
God and Gays: Bridging the Gap wrestles through the eyes and experiences of people wanting a relationship with the very religion that rejects them - Christian (Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Methodist, Baptist) Mormon, Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Jewish, Muslim and more. No matter the religion, the experience of oppression and repression is the same. Fortunately, many soon find it's God that brings them out.
Finally a documentary to break the silence and open dialogue when it's hard to talk openly. God & Gays puts the face and heartbeat of humanity into the emotionally-charged issue and answers:
* what is the "gay agenda"?
* Is being gay a choice?
* What does the Bible say?
* Is it possible to be gay AND religious or must we choose?

Customer Reviews

Struggling

Amos Lassen wrote on 10/30/2008:

“G-d and Gays: Bridging the Gap”

Struggling

Amos Lassen

I have been following “Gods and Gays” since it was first made in 2006 and I am glad that everyone will now have a chance to see this fascinating documentary. It looks at the religious struggle of the GLBT community when it struggles to reconcile sexuality and spirituality and it does so by talking to real people who have managed to find reconciliation between the two issues. Many of us want a relationship with G-d and with the religion that, in many cases, rejects us because of the way we live. The film looks at the major religions and finds that in almost all of them the feeling of oppression is the same. Yet, we also see that many find that it is G-d that brings them out.
If there is anything that we need, it is to break the silence and have a dialog about our sexuality and religion and thereby be able to put a face on the issue. This is what “God and Gays” tries to do.
We face the questions of what is the gay agenda, is being gay a choice and what does the Bible say? More important is the question as to whether we can be gay and religious or must we choose one over the other. Many of us live these problems every day. No matter what form the struggle takes, the film attempts to look at it.
Now as we face a presidential election in which gay marriage and adoption have become part of the moral controversy of America, we have had several documentaries that attempt to deal with either some of these issues. “G-d and Gays” tries to take them all on and because of this it tends to occasionally lose focus but this does not mean that it is hard to follow. Some of those interviewed in the film include a mother who daughter killed herself, lesbian Christians from the Midwest, progressive church activists and religious leaders. There is a lot of insight provided here and a lot to think about.