Religious Left

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By CASSANDRA KANE Staff Writer Lebanon Daily News Lebanon, PA ANNVILLE — Supporters of gay rights outnumbered protesters last night during an appearance by a renowned and openly gay bishop of the Anglican church at the Allen Theatre. Gene Robinson, the Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire, spoke to a sold-out crowd at the Allen and signed copies of his book, “In the Eye of the Storm: Swept to the Center by God.” The audience also viewed a short documentary film, “For the Bible Tells Me So,” which chronicles Robinson’s relationship with his family before and after he revealed his homosexuality. Robinson was invited here to kick off Freedom Week at Lebanon Valley College, which is sponsored by Freedom Rings, a student gay-straight alliance. Last night’s event drew four protesters, who stood on the sidewalk across Main Street from the theater. Members of Silent Witness stood on the sidewalk in front of the theater holding rainbow-colored umbrellas. “We are a human spiritual fi...

COLUMBIA — Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate? These questions, from the Web site of the award-winning film, “ For the Bible Tells Me So ,” are the subject of a documentary highlighting five families and their experiences with homosexuality and struggles to reconcile it with the Bible. The film was shown by Allies in Action, an MU group raising awareness for issues related to sexual identity, at MU on Monday as part of Ally Week. The film, which has been shown at the Sundance Film Festival, was also shown on Sunday in Columbia by Open Door Ministry, a ministry of Missouri United Methodist Church. Retired minister Dick Blount of the Open Door Ministry said that, unfortunately, members of the Christian faith are some of the main contributors to homophobia in America. “We want the church to look at itself and see how it can be a ministry of reconciliation. Show...

NEAR THE END of the documentary For the Bible Tells Me So , Archbishop Desmond Tutu says that he cannot understand the idea that God would look at black people and say he wished they would be white. Or that God would look at a woman and think that she should have been a man. Or at a gay person and say he or she should have been straight.