FILM REVIEW: For the Bible tells me so

The film opens on Friday, October 5 in New York, before expanding through October and November to over 40 markets.

An exploration of the religious right's use of the Bible to justify shutting homosexuals out of the faiths in which they've grown up. One of the central figures in For the Bible Tells Me So is Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, the first-ever openly gay man to be elected a Bishop of the Episcopalian Church. Robinson's consecration in 2003 (at which he had to wear a bullet-proof vest due to death threats) was a historical occasion that caused a rift in the Episcopal church.

Director Daniel Karslake explores, with various historians and religious figures including Robinson and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the use of the Bible in the religous right's attempts to portray homosexuals as being abominations against God and nature. Karslake seeks with this film to both put a face on the issue of religion and homosexuality, and to give people dealing with family and friends who whip out the same few Bible verses about homosexuality as a few Biblical weapons of their own with which to respond. Toward that end, Karslake brings out a cavalcade of religious leaders to counter the Biblical arguments used most often by the religious right -- and shines a light on how often regular people believe what they've been told the Bible says about homosexuality without ever questioning what they've been told.